Westbound merchandise on the ex- DRG in the Utah desert

Cotton Belt GE B40-8 8068 leads a westbound intermodal train down the western slope of the Dragoon Mountains on its way to the LA Basin.

Former Cotton Belt 7282 was still clean and unpatched in 2004. Here it switches cars near Stapleton.

An unpatched Cotton Belt GP60 leads the empty rock train out of Eureka Yard

Here's a different kind of "heritage" unit. There are still quite a few SP and SSW units running around "unpatched".

A aggregates train awaits a crew in Kirby Yard.

A visitor to Amtrak in Chicago.

A fresh coat of snow covers the San Gabriel Mountains in the background, as a westbound SP manifest approaches Walnut. A GATX lease unit is third in the consist.