Interior view of the snow sheds of Southern Pacific (or Union Pacific?) Railroad at Cisco, 1909 

Train passing through a railroad snow shed and onto a tressel in the mountains at Cisco, ca.1910 

Fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910 

A train of the Southern Pacific Railroad passing over a trestle and into a snow shed in the mountains, California, ca.1909 

Southern Pacific train coming out of Snow Shed 10, heading West onto Butte Canyon Trestle, ca.1910 

Southern Pacific "Cab Forward" steam locomotive coming out of Snow Shed 10, heading West onto Butte Canyon Trestle, ca.1910 

Southern Pacific Railroad train with a "Cab Forward" locomotive, ca.1910 

The first train on the Cahuenga Valley Railroad to Hollywood, ca.1888 

The Pacific Electric Company San Marino railroad (or railway?) station, ca.1920 

Portrait of coachmen in front of the Wells Fargo Express and Stage Line depot, Cisco, ca.1880 

Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895 

Lake in front of a snow-covered mountain, December 1941 

Grand opening of the Colton-San Bernardino-Redlands Railroad, 1898 

Portrait of passengers, conductors and engineers posing near Pico Boulevard Electric Railroad cars, Los Angeles, 1887 

Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive number twenty, ca.1895 

View of the Devil's Slide, looking south from the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, ca.1900-1930 

Newly arrived passengers posing in front of their Southern Pacific train during the "Boom Days", ca.1885 

Workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885 

Southern Pacific Railroad line near Redlands (or San Dimas?), lined with orange groves, California, ca.1880 

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885