When the SD50s and C36-7s were new, it seemed that MP/UP made an effort to run the two new types together, but - for a while, at least - to not mix them with older C-Cs. Here, a trio of new SD50s... (more)

Led by EMD SD50 No. 5029 and EMD SD40-2 No. 3948, a southbound Union Pacific taconite ore train curves toward Goose Lake south of Partridge, Michigan, on the afternoon of January 19, 1997. After U... (more)

Engineer Jeff Knadler gives a wave as he shoves an 84 car QANR coal train off the Greenwood Runner, before taking it to North Reading for interchange with NS.

After completing their work at Port Clinton, QARG awaits a Form D to head south.

A pair of Lake State SD50s lead Z127 south past the searchlight signals at South Holly.

Lake State train Z127, led by LSRC 6355, slowly heads through the curve approaching the diamond with the CN Holly Subdivision in Holly, Michigan. In the background is downtown Holly, including the... (more)

LSRC Z127 splits the searchlight signals at North Holly on the Saginaw subdivision as they head south for Wixom, Michigan.

Quite the billboard.

The south end of the Saginaw Sub from Flint to Wixom for LSRC is a section that I haven't shot previous to yesterday. With guidance from a friend, I would call my first chase successful. While ... (more)

In a view from lofty Bear Mountain Bridge is a Conrail double stack train crossing Popolopen Creek Bridge along Hudson River at Fort Montgomery, New York, on April 11, 1991. The southbound train i... (more)

A Conrail SD50 leads a former EMD SD60 demo and two GP35’s of Erie Lackawanna and Reading heritage west at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The GP35;s were not on line, and were probably on the... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.