Life was simple in the 90s. A SD40 was coming to a train near you! Honestly, we got tired of it, but now it looks a lot better than a stupid GE. Im sure someday the GE era will be different. Man, ... (more)
Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Here the St. Paul pri... (more)
Here is a shot that brings back memories. I spent many days in my early days taking pictures at East Cabin. Trains on the BN-CCP were fairly regular, and one could get a good amount of trains for ... (more)
SD40B helps out the cause as this eastbound freight crosses the Chicago Central at East Dubuque. The BN had 3 of these rare type motors rebuilt from SD40-2 shells. The 7500 is ex- BN 7221, and the... (more)
BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) survives in its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint as it waits for servicing at the BNSF engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
NS Dayton to Emory Gap Tennessee local T36 waits to proceed north for a southbound to enter a siding. Up front SD40-2 1636 that was built in July 1974.
Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)
The Florida Gulf and Atlantic's Tallahassee East job passes by the signals at NE Greenville along the former CSX Tallahassee Subdivision. The leader, FURX 6249, has since become RJ Corman 6249 and... (more)
“Line of Departure”The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)
A Nebraska Central SD40-2 is tied down with a single tank car on one of the elevator tracks in Stromsburg on a nice December afternoon.
A pair of Austin Western SD40-2s rests at Abbott Yard with a cut of cars
TCRY 31 at a new trans-load facility west of Pecos, TX.
All quiet on this Thanksgiving day around Madison IL.
Yard Power. A trio of Norfolk Southern (NS) locomotives are seen maneuvering a double stack consist in the railroad's Inman Yard. On point is SD40-2 no. 6222 in a Georgia-specific "... (more)
NS G02 cruises through the countryside along the NS Griffin District with a pair of EMD SD40-2s.