With a rail train that was picked up in Mankato, MN, a pair of RCP&E SD40-2s have everything under control as they traverse the hills and curves that seem to be common on this part of the map.

With rail bound for points west, a pair of well worn SD40-2's snake their way out of the valley just south of Lake Benton, MN.

Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's tri-weekly train from the Union Pacific at Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD crosses the Redwood River and climbs toward the Minnesota State Highway 23 and BNSF Marshall Sub... (more)

I labelled this photo "Bena Road, near Bakersfield". 1998.

B33 pulls by the Depot at Jackson on its way back into Jackson Yard.

BNSF 1579 (SD40-2) and mate run light into the refinery district in Commerce City, Colorado.

NS P78 roars up the grade at Fair Forest with a train for Hayne, just 3 miles north of here.

A nice example for a unit formerly owned by BN, then inherited by BNSF is on the local today. They will turn back north here.

CPKC spray train is approaching the EXO Dorval Station with a SD40-2 in the modern CP scheme.

Esthetically I like the looks of the older flexicoil trucks under SD40-2s ala Conrail. This unit was used on locals here for a while.

Carbo yard is on the tail of a wye on a branch that used to reach several miles north. A few years before this shot a huge mine was just up the road. This used to be a hotbed of coal hauling bus... (more)

On one of those long days when the low sun lights the world richly with a little touch of extra red yet another empty hopper train charges into the dying light as they have here for about a centur... (more)

Busy day at Fort Pierce yard

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CP SD40-2's 6025 + 5989 shove the CWR train into the storage track (old siding) as rush hour traffic builds up on a beautiful day just before 1700.