Night falls on the open prarie in far northern Kansas as a trio of Southern Pacific tunnel motors drag an enormous train over the former Rock Island mainline to Colorado.

Speed Lettering On The Coast Line. While only going as far west as Simi Valley, a scarlet and grey unit returned to the ex-Southern Pacific (SP) Coast Line briefly in the form of UP 1053. D... (more)

Sunset fades away over desolate northern Kansas as a Kyle westbound wanders across the prarie with a long train for Limon, Colorado in tow. The classic Southern Pacific tunnel motors are reflecte... (more)

With an unbelievable lashup of three Southern Pacific tunnel motors, a Kyle Railroad westbound rounds the curve at Almena, KS as storm clouds loom over the prarie behind the train.

The LSB54 local makes its return trip toward Villa Grove with a severe storm looming in the background.

A former SP tunnel motor makes a reverse move towards the small yard, where it'll tie down for the day.

An SP-patched GP60 sits in front of the Downing B. Jenks locomotive facility for perhaps the last time in this paint scheme.

Scarlet & Grey Returns to the Coast Line. UP 1011 and a GP40-2 set to work this afternoon switching the small, central-coast yard that's main purpose these days is serving as an interchange... (more)

UP 1158, with its Cotton Belt logo showing proudly on the nose, sits paired with UP 1133 on the engine lead at Villa Grove.

MOW crew sets up a Track Leveling Machine in Glenwood Springs Yard. A set of helpers await their next assignment.

Patched Cotton Belt GP60 1158 leads LSF54 north through the countryside just south of Dwight.

UP 1053 sits quietly on a cold January night at Casa Grande

Coming back from Oakland, OR, i made a quick stop in Albany as there is always something interesting to look at. Here, the vintage SP SD7 sits idle on this 1st Saturday of 2019. The old workhorse ... (more)

UP 1011 awaits its next call to duty at Oxnard as Amtrak 782 highballs past the aging unit and yard office with a sharp looking F59PHI on the rear. With the ever dwindling number of patched UP mot... (more)

During my visit down to sunny San Luis Obispo this winter i got word that a patched SSW GP was part brought up for the yard power. It's cool seeing some faded SP colors still around on the Coastl... (more)