Two new SD90MAC-H II 8553 and 8555 sandwich an ex Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8613. The two ill-fated 6000 Horse EMD's have just cut off their train at Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities, North yard. M... (more)

6000 HP MACs ! A pair of 6000 horsepower SD90MAC-H II units are on the head end of a heavy eastbound unit train as it climbs Sherman Hill. The train is about to enter Hermosa Tunnel

I sight I only got to see once, three SD90MAC-H II, 6000 horsepower EMD's. Brand new 8551, 8552 and a few months older 8525 are just about to enter Salt Lake Cities north yard. The 6000 horsepower... (more)

An NS crew rolls through the west end of the ex-Interstate Railroad's Norton Yard in route to Appalachia/Andover, VA.

A duo of golden orange IHB units head north through Broadway Street in Blue Island, destined for Norpaul and interchange to CP at Franklin Park. The leader, 4010, is a rare SP era GP40P-2, which w... (more)

ATSF (Santa Fe) four EMD GP40X's 3800, 3806, 3802, 3805 at Barstow, CA. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

In the summer of 1979, Conrail somehow got its hands on a trio of Santa Fe GP40X units, and used them system wide, including a few days in the Allentown area. This may be the only time that Santa ... (more)

It must have really been something to pace the world's largest diesel locomotive. By this time period all the high speed 8000 series SD40-2 locomotives have been returned to their normal gearing a... (more)

Having just rejoined their train on the main, UP 1375 prepares to get back underway with the LOF63 having completed their delivers to the industries on the P&G industrial lead.

Shoving nearly half its train down the Proctor & Gamble Paper Products industrial spur, better known to the LOF63's crew and dispatcher as simply, "P&G," UP 1375 leaves the remainder of its train ... (more)

With its chores in Oxnard, Camarillo and Somis complete - UP 1375 soaks up the morning light in front of the Oxnard crew base after serving as the power for the LOF63. Built in November of 1974, t... (more)

A former Indiana Railroad SD90MAC leads NS 61C across Interstate 64 in northern Fayette County on its way north toward Cincinnati

Three of UP's SD90MAC's are on an "APL" train awaiting a crew at Missouri Valley, IA. These 6000hp units lasted just 10 years on the roster.

The First Amtrak California Zephyr?

Well, almost. When the Western Pacific received permission to discontinue its portion of the original CZ, the Chicago – Oakland ... (more)

On a fine late spring morning, the Grants Pass Turn switches out the Croman Corporation sawmill on the south side of Ashland. The flashy SD first out would be back in town less than three months l... (more)