BLUE CUT CA Sept 7 1983 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3474 rolls through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. EMD built the unit (b/n 776088-70) in May 1978. My photo.

A trio of Wisconsin Central EMD SD45s get a clear at Duplainville, Wisconsin, and smoke it up as they haul a WC ore train toward Chicago on August, 29, 1992.

SOO 723 and 556 work the small yard on the north side of Waukesha, WI. in May of 1985.

CAJON PASS CA Sept 7 1983 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3720 leads a TOFC-COFC train. EMD built the unit (b/n 796297-62) in February 1980 and retired it on December 28 2000. Corrections, additions welc... (more)

Department of Transportation Test Car.

UP M-10001 is in charge of train 2, the City of Portland (6 cars), at Cheyenne Wyoming on July 7th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

it's a summer of change, new car, new wife and soon a new assignment. Here 4-unit power off the Southbound "Crescent" is coming off and the three replacements are in the distance at Pea... (more)

ROCK RIVER WY Sept 24 1978 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3473 rolls across the Wyoming country in the lead of a mixed freight. EMD built the unit (b/n 776088-64) in April 1978. Corrections welcome. My ... (more)

An Indiana Harbor Belt freight train rolls underneath the old Rock Island overpass, now owned and run by Metra and used by Iowa Interstate Railroad, at Blue Island, Illinois, on a rainy October 10... (more)

Riding an eastbound that is following blocks of trains ahead, this westbound soda ash empty for Green River, WY is among a fleet of westbounds, seen at MP 635 between Como and Hanna, WY.

Amtrak's California Zephyr consist includes cars whose letterboards read Union Pacific, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington, Amtrak, and California Zephyr. SP FP7 No. 6456 and two other... (more)

CHEYENNE WY Sept 24 1978 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3343 handles a mixed freight near Cheyenne. EMD built the unit (b/n 766056-09) in February 1977. The unit has been renumbered to UP 1610. Accordin... (more)

A four-pack of SD40-2 helpers add dynamic braking to the 128 cars of Baltimore-bound coal train UBT-354 passing MG interlocking.

Wisconsin Central EMD F45 No. 6654 leads WC train 2 through Waukesha, Wisconsin, on a sunny March 13, 2023. This cowl locomotive is the former Santa Fe No. 5965, then recently purchased by WC.

WAGONER OK (April) 1985 — It’s crew change time for UP SD40-2 3521. EMD built the unit (b/n 786170-23) In January 1979. My photo