After dropping rail a couple of miles north, CN Work 914 continues southbound on the Newmarket Sub passing through the curve at Utterson.

Spending its last years in ore service in Ohio, former Reading C630 5303 rests in the roundhouse at Mingo Junction. The SDP45 to the left stands derelict today in Roanoke, Virginia as part of the... (more)

A dirty DRGW 5381 leads 4 other units on a coal train on the Joint Line near Colorado Springs in June of 1989.

BNSF ES44C4 6995 leads a stack train over the Summit of Cajon Pass as the appropriately named control point, "Summit".

Another trainload of black diamonds rolls off Soldier Summit in this view from the Highway 6 overpass.

A venerable SP tunnel motor leads an eastbound UP stack train up the 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut.

B&O GP40 No.3711 with CP Rail SD40 5525 and 3 stored Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo switchers, two NW2s number 54, and 53, and a GMD SW9 No.56 in CP Rail's Agincourt yard.

SP work train with SSW Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8323 going up Tehachapi Loop October 09, 1994.

Back When the Mainline was at Grade

On May 19, 1974, Southern Pacific 8922 west bisects downtown Reno, Nevada, skirting along some of the city's famous casinos (such as the Palace Ca... (more)

A Busy Afternoon at Hiland

There's a lot of activity at Hiland, the summit of the Southern Pacific's crossing of Cajon Pass, on July 2, 1978. A westbound sits in the siding as an ea... (more)

SD45T-2 SP9197 leads 2 more tunnel motors and a GP40-2 thru the Mitchell Curves. The new coat of paint on the leader is already covered in a layer of tunnel grime. The big 20 cylinder SP9197 was... (more)

A beat up and worn out former LMSX C40-8W, now operating as IC 2463 glides into the siding at Entwistle with M303's train to meet an eastbound.

SP 8597 east shows a thick coat of cinder block grime as it blasts out of Tennessee Pass Tunnel. The SD45T-2 behind the leader still has a shiny new coat....

UP 5472 leads westbound auto racks.

St. Albans Vt-Montreal Canadian National #323 rumbles through the city on a gorgeous afternoon.