Buffalo and Pittsburgh 460 pulls into the Butler yard shortly after daylight.
To the vandals: "BOOOOOO!!!"
Moments before the inbound crew goes on duty, the unpatched SP8613 with patched ex-Espee GP40-2 brothern rests a few more minutes in Benicia, CA. Look carefully and you might note that the previou... (more)
As the morning fog burns off, an ex-SP unit leads this Axial, CO to Denver, CO coal train downhill near Leyden. The G in the symbol mean the train is a "Grocery Train" and will be broken up into s... (more)
'Tagged,' 'patched' and faded -- this road-weary former SD45 is undoubtedly rough on the outside, but it was still grinding out the revenue miles for its latest owner in the spring of 2007. To ac... (more)
The San Luis Obispo based helpers warm up before heading north to Santa Margarita to help a southbound train over Cuesta. Nikon D70, 28-70mm.
An empty rail train roll to a stop in Newberg, to drop off the 3603, which had developed some elctrical problems.
No April Fools Joke here! A loaded rail train, with one old SP SD9 as power, grinds up Rex Hill. The train will be at the summit in about anout 5 car lengths.
An empty rail train passes through Dundee on it's way back to Independence. The concrete building to the left of the enginge is a hold over from when the SP's "Red Electrics" operated trolley ser... (more)
An empty rail train passes through Newberg on it's way back to Independence.
LRM54 Hayward Local, which runs 3 days a week out of Warm Springs to Hayward on the former WP Oakland Sub.
"Hmm, a railfan" this engineer ponders. Doing a reverse move along 9th St and passing one of two working wig-wags on this street.
Patched ex-SSW power for the rock train waits out a quiet Sunday.
A crew member gets 2 tunnel motors and a SD45R ready for the trip to Buffalo. Its getting to the point where you can go any where in Western PA without seeing one of Larry's rent-a-wrecks.
