Wallis was the crossing of the SP Eagle Lake branch. Usually any meets on the Santa Fe were quick and to the point. But when you had a train on the branch throwing a monkey wrench into the mix, ... (more)

Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the HB&T as well as the PTRA. You never knew what you would find at Milby in the morning, as all BN and Santa Fe road... (more)

Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the PTRA. Crew was hostling inbound grain train power and cut off this unit, which was the only kodachrome in the con... (more)

Just delivered and setup for first trip west.

Very small decals indicate this S4's ownership of Neosho Construction, but very clear reporting marks of Santa Fe subsidiary Illinois Northern shine on.. But alas, this shot is at a scrapyard in ... (more)

This period saw very few pool power on the ex MP, other than the Southern/NS power on the old NHS. So when we see SD45s and SD45-2s, we wonder what happenned in New Orleans that allowed these uni... (more)

Ex TP&W 2002, one of 6 of the Tip-up's GP38-2s to get the "shouldn't have painted so fast" scheme. Should've seen the artistry that grizzled looking engineer worked on that yard job. Kicking car... (more)

More fossil hunting between trains finds me down in a creekbed north of Glendo; just happens to be a good spot to catch both directions within a few hours of time

Out of breath and getting dizzy, I managed to get this shot off before having to sit down; I was digging leaf fossils out of that bluff just to the left of the milepost sign, when I heard this guy... (more)

Barely over a month old 9137 and 2 clones have just set up dynamics around the curve and on the approach to CP685 [West Rawlins], where he will cross over to track 3 and spot at the fuel pad for j... (more)

The 7 Tilden job is cutting off it's train and is about to head back to the Tilden mine for another cut. Adjacent to him is the 7 Hill job pumping air in preparation for the downhill run to the d... (more)

After chasing the GB&W 312 to the yard, I run across this guy kicking cars on the east end of the yard. Between the GB&W C424 throttling up after getting the switch and this yard job kicking cars... (more)

A quartet of clean (which in SP's world meant "new") Dash-8s are in charge of one of the trains that regularly got new power. This train is on the Eagle Lake branch; whenever we heard the 'spatch... (more)

Unsure if this is La Grande. At any rate, break in the incoming winter storm just long enough to fire off 4 shots.

Trying to get Big Jacks on the UP side of the river, I see this on the other side and give it a shot.