The "Croc GE" from down under (formerly Hammersly Iron) pulls down for head room along with MNNR 50, an SF30C. In todays age of heavy standardization, its neat to see two extremely unique engines ... (more)

We knew this scheme wouldn't last long so we were nailing the c### out of all the MP yellow we could get. The buffalos were mainstays in Houston so they were easy pickins.

"Honorary buffalos" in homage to the real buffalo, the Alco C636. These units held down Z train and chemical trains from Freeport.

Most of the equipment in this scene is either gone or retired.

Transitional era after UP merger found the MP C36-7s on the San Antonio coal trains, formerly the realm of SP.

Back in the transition from MP to UP. These were just recently (at the time) bumped from San Antonio coal train duty and put on Chicago-Houston/DFW Z train dities.

original Norfolk & Western

Conrail's "Dirt Train" begins its journey from Wayne, NJ to Jersey City with fill being moved from the construction of the northern end of Interstate 287. The trailing C36-7 is used to facilitate... (more)

Two C36-7s stored in the old office car tracks with other retired units. This location was home to the NS office car fleet before the Conrail split-up. The two stacks in the background are part of... (more)

A "brake assist" unit is reflected in the swamplands of the New Jersey Meadowlands as it trails a dirt train headed towards unloading at Jersey City, NJ. The dirt trains brought back big-time frei... (more)

Grain train 50K heads south toward Winston-Salem, NC with an exotic consist of six-axle Dash-7s, including a Ferromex unit. You could see almost anything during the period following the Conrail sp... (more)