BNSF's R&D train to evaluate EMD's newest SD70ACe variant, the P4, holds the siding at lonely Timpas, CO, waiting for Amtrak's Southwest Chief to pass by before heading out on the main for a day o... (more)
In the Spring of 2004, EMD (still owned by General Motors) was performing some high altitude testing on its SD70ACes. No active mainline is higher than UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub, so up the hill they ... (more)
West Elk Mine coal empties follow muddy Colorado river under early morning. Resent afternoon/evening thunderstorms in the past week have made Colorado muddy. Union Pacific is testing Electro-Moti... (more)
A pair of Brand New EMDX Aces sit and wait there for a train to take them west. They have been in and around Chicago on the BNSF since Thursday when they were delivered by NS on train 33G.
Electro-Motive Division SD90MAC-H No. 8504, specially painted for EMD’s 75th anniversary, is the DPU on a westbound loaded coal train that is testing on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel route. Th... (more)