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It's now known as one of the most dramatically exciting side-by-side steam locomotives scenes ever staged - UP 8444 and SP 4449 running on the parallel tracks leading up Cajon Pass.

Pentrex's grand tribute to the Southern Pacific's most beautiful trains in the world; the 'Daylights'.

For nearly 47 years, the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive AC-type steam locomotives to haul freight and passenger trains throughout California and neighboring states.

In 1992, Santa Fe"s mighty steam locomotive 3751 returned to the rails, this time to race from Los Angeles to Chicago and back.

It's December 1991 and former AT&SF steam locomotive #3751 has returned to the Santa Fe mainline.

The mighty SP Daylight number 4449 was painted black with BNSF decals to head up a BNSF Employee Appreciation Special in July, 2000.

Spectacular scenery sets the tone for great shots of SP locomotives in San Francisco, Oakland, Roseville, and on Donner Pass in the 1930s and 40s.

Travel back to the 1950s to visit both the West Side Lumber Company in 1951 and the Pickering Lumber Company in 1953.

In the August of 2002, Santa Fe steam engine number 3751 returns to the rails for a thrilling excursion from Los Angeles to Williams, Arizona and return in honor of the NRHS 2002 National Convention.

Pentrex takes you back to the late 1950's and the early 1960's for a close-up view at the waning years of steam locomotives in operation on America's mainline Eastern railroads, all captured on 16mm camera by noted rail photographer Bruce Ward.