On its first revenue move, a single SD50 has a 100+ car train eastbound on the B&OCT. Tom Golden photo.
Led by Chicago & North Western EMD SD50 No. 7020 and Union Pacific GE C40-8 No. 9201, an eastbound grain train works past a field of summer flowers between Rochelle and Creston, Illinois, on Augus... (more)
This group of Utah Ry. 6 axle units, led by an Australian built SD50, is rolling east on the ex. D&RGW main line through Helper, Utah. It is headed for the Castle Valley Spur a few miles further e... (more)
IR 5006, an HBR paint SD50, leads a cut of sand empties from Zearing southbound out of Ladd, IL.
UP in the UP After Union Pacific merged Chicago & North Western, it only had the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ore line for a short time before Wisconsin Central, and later Canadian Natio... (more)
"Fast Freight Gas Stop"
Tom Golden photo.
A trio of former Southern SD50's, lead a southbound mixed freight out of Pomona Yard.
Built as Seaboard SD50 #8513, this motor was upgraded to Dash 3 specs sometime after this shot was made.
Single-unit trains on the Conrail main west of Altoona were not a common occurrence. Here a lone SD50 with an empty CWR train drops into Altoona at Slope.