A trio of BLEs navigate the crossover switches at Iron Jct. going from main 1 over to main 2 as they head back to Proctor with iron ore pellets from Minntac.

RF01 departs Fuquay-Varina with a train for NS at Raleigh.

A trio of BLEs with 139 ore cars loaded with pellets departs the Minntac mine property for the run back to Proctor, MN.

Sitting under a stormy sky, a former Southern Pacific EMD SD40T-2 awaits its next assignment in the Cane Fields in South Central Florida.

Iron ore loads from United Taconite head south on the CN Missabe Sub smashing bugs on the windshield along the way back to Proctor.

SP, Southern Pacific 9308-UP 9351 with a westbound at Soldier Summit, Utah. April 19, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A coal train bound for Searles highballs Bealville siding in the Tehachapis.

Tunnel Motor at Madison
I don't think I've ever seen a Bessemer and Lake Erie locomotive before, especially around St. Louis. This one is at Quality Rail Services for maintenance.

Southern Pacific, SP SD45T-2 9254, with a westbound rack train on the D&RGW's Tennessee Pass Route, Minturn, Colorado. May 10, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

SCFE's Sebring Turn ran exceptionally early and direct to Sebring this morning without any stops, allowing for them to get back out of Sebring rather quickly, also not stopping along the way until... (more)

D&RGW SD40T-2 5375, engine terminal at Helper, Utah. April 20, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

SP 9282 west passes through the small community of Guadalupe just south of Victoria, TX on what had been Southern Pacific's Port Lavaca Subdivision. This line was previously part of the Galveston... (more)

A head-on view of SP 9282 west operating on the former Southern Pacific Port Lavaca sub. Track speed must have been relatively low, as I have multiple photos of this train between Victoria and Pl... (more)

The weekday Sebring Turn is rolling over US 27 northbound to Sebring, today running a bit earlier than usual.

SSW, Cotton Belt 9161 leads a eastbound over the San Pedro River at Benson, Arizona. December 13, 1983. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo