An Oregon-bound drag of lumber empties descends the grade out of the Tehachapi Mountains at Cliff siding on a hot July 1988 afternoon.

An ex-SP Tunnel Motor has spent the latter half of its career on RJ Corman properties throughout the east. Its current home is on the Raleigh & Fayetteville in NC.

A Tunnel Motor and GP38-2 rest next to the original NS depot in Fuquay-Varina.

An ex-Southern Railway SD45 is sandwiched by a pair of Southern Pacific SD40T-2s on a Shasta Route lumber drag in summer 1988.

Snow falls as DMIR 409 leads the Two Harbors yard to Keenan yard transfer.

Raleigh & Fayetteville's daytime local is halfway between Fuquay-Varina and Raleigh as they wind their way up the former original NS main behind an SD40T-2 leader.

RF01 heads out of Fuquay-Varina with a Raleigh bound train led by a Tunnel Motor, GP38-2 and SD40-2.

The sun has set, and things are getting colder in the yard at United taconite as a pellet train prepares to leave and head back to Proctor and a T-Bird is almost dumped out from bringing more rock... (more)

A late afternoon departure with iron ore pellets bound for Proctor yard.

Trona Railway SD40T-2 #2005 leads three SD40-2s past the Trona Pinnacles, as they bring a cut of loaded coal hoppers down the hill.

At first glance, one would think we are in Southern California, but this is Cotter, AR, crew change point for the M&NA. An empty UP coal train and M&NA road power wait for crews to be called befo... (more)

CN 408 leads this trio of ex Espee Power with a train of iron pellets for the docks at Duluth.

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. Iron ore loads arrive at Proctor fro... (more)

Heading back to Proctor after loading iron ore pellets at United Taconite.

Raleigh & Fayetteville RF02 approaches the NS interchange with a big train from Fayetteville.