A colorful variety of motive power sits in the diesel service at the Southern Pacific Bakersfield yard a few days after Thanksgiving.

A Susquehanna SD45 and two Delaware & Hudson GP39-2’s mingle with D&H Alcos at Conklin, New York. It’s interesting that the big G’s were eradicated from the Guilford paint scheme.

A Susquehanna SD45 and two Delaware and Hudson GP39-2’s make their way past the poured concrete tower at the east end of East Binghamton Yard. Note the former Central Vermont RS11 at the far rig... (more)

SP 8897 blasts out of tunnel 5 as SP 8634 waits in the siding. Eastbound trains coming out of this tunnel usually produced quite a lot of exhaust, as seen by this slow moving train.

WC SD45 6606 (ex ATSF 1875 built in 1966) is in the lead position on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line.

Early in the morning, an SP mixed freight coming off Donner Pass with autos from the East approaches Roseville Yard. The two UP 40s are pool power.

Illuminated by the very last sunlight of October 11, 2018, a westbound Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad grain train grinds through the sweeping curve at Deep Creek, Washington, powered by two f... (more)

Four EMD 45 engines passing the old station and yard area of Barstow

An extra BFSI departs Buffalo on the Ebenezer Secondary.

2 ex-BN SD45s 6366 and 6361 at Buffalo, New York on November 9, 1986.

WC 6522 brings a southbound freight thru Oshkosh, WI in January of 1992. The depot is just to the left of the locomotives. This ex-Soo Line trackage featured tight curves and street running thru t... (more)

Rio Grande coal train at the very high point of Soldier Summit. This train loaded on the Pleasant Valley branch; destination not known. Scanned from a color print.

This is the well known Kaiser Unit Coal Train, Rio Grande #769, operated jointly by the D&RGW and the Union Pacific. Both railroads used pooled SD45's exclusively on this train. It ran between the... (more)

After finishing up switching at the cement plant at Townsend, Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch heads for home on the morning of October 17, 2018. At this late date, it is pretty rare to see a l... (more)