The sun has finally broken through the clouds as the Ohio Central's Newark to Columbus turn NKPA climbs over the hogback at Gale Road in Outville, Ohio. In the lead of today's train is an Ohio Cen... (more)

CF&E's tunnel motor sits tied down at County Line near Hobart with CHFW.

The early morning sun greets Southern Pacific 8361 as it leads Rio Grande 3132 and a doublestack train east out of West Colton yard and under the Pepper Street overpass.

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Not many tunnels in Chicago, but plenty of bridges. A four-pack of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors brings a coal train across the Cal-Sag Channel on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

The Ohio Central's NKPA job to Columbus gets on the move west out of Newark, Ohio on a sunny winter afternoon. In the lead is a tunnel motor still in OC colors, along with two SD40-2's in patched ... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado continues to cosmetically restore their two diesel veteran DRGW units; 5401 (SD40-T2) and 3011 (GP30).

With the line blocked by a grain train, they ran the freight and did as much work as they could then turned to head back to Chester. The second unit is a road slug C40-8W, a unique use for an old... (more)

Eastbound Union Pacific freight RODVM (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to Denver Manifest) heads downgrade out of Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on October 22, 1997. Rio Grande’s first ... (more)

A Rio Grande coal train snakes through the multiple curves leaving the east switch at Azure, Colorado, entering Gore Canyon along the Colorado River. A trio of EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors lead the e... (more)

Rio Grande train 187, off the Burlington Northern in Denver, has a couple of Cascade green machines in the consist on the morning of July 8, 1989, as the westbound freight climbs toward Tunnel 1 a... (more)

Coming and Going at Caliente

A Southern Pacific intermodal train is stretched around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, California. A single SD40T-2 is pushing the rear of the train,... (more)

A brace of Southern Pacific EMD’s pass through Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapi grade. The slide labelling indicates that these are helpers, so they are going away from the lens.

An eastbound Rio Grande coal train works through Parshall, Colorado, between the sidings of Flat and Sulphur on the grade toward the Moffat Tunnel on July 8, 1988. A pair of EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Mot... (more)