GP-40X #7001, one of three purchased by the Southern, heads out of town.
An eastbound BNSF intermodal train was passing by a grain elevator in Galesburg, IL on Sept. 13, 1996 with a healthy locomotive consist, led by GP40X No. 3807.
Three EMDs, including an ex-ATSF GP40X, greet one another on the roundhouse lead in Willmar.
Unlike the truely wierd trucks SP had on their GP-40Xs ATSF opted for the regular -2 trucks. I love those flared radiators.
These hit town about the same time as SP's did and of course there was the railfan campaign to get as many shots as soon as possible. Experimentals are always interesting.
one of SP's many "Haulers" led by all four of their GP40X's making a set out at SP's exPE J Yard near downtown Los Angeles, CA
The Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern power sits idling away along with IHB and BNSF power at the IHB Riverdale Yard in Riverdale.
It's afternoon and the experimentals are becoming more commonplace but are still somewhat unusual. In the morning I would take shots from the porch on the tower if my buddy Jay was working.
The engineer of a transfer run from Alliance Yard to Saginaw led by a GP40X has just checked his power and will soon proceed south.
A Chicago, IL, to Los Angelus, CA, preimum train accelerates out of Galesburg westbound towards Ft. Madison, IA. Hard to believe these 4 unit blue and yellow consist were so common in the mid 90's... (more)
ATSF westbound freight with new GP40X 3802 in front.
100. A GP40X sits in the yard watching the sun set on yet another day.
The Southern Pacific was known for its interesting consists, and here we see a rare, ten-year-old GP40X (SP only had four), 2873 (a GP9 from late 1956, wearing the colors of the ill-fated SP / San... (more)
CHFW blasts past the elevator in Hamlet, the elevator switcher is hidden behind the second engine.