Seven six-axle locomotives power a Burlington Northern empty coal train over the impressive 640-foot North Platte River Bridge at Guernsey, Wyoming, on July 4, 1988. Locomotives up front are as fo... (more)

Leaving the Orin Line and heading east on the Black Hills Subdivision, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train led by GE C30-7 No. 5109 snakes through Donkey Creek Junction east of Gillette, W... (more)

One of ten C30's on Conrail, this was the last one built.

Seaboard System C30-7 #7087 idles in the yard. #7087 was built November 1981 as Seaboard Coast Line #7087 and later became CSX #7087. After leaving CSX roster, unit became New Hope & Ivyland Rai... (more)

The engineer gives a hearty wave from the cab of C30-7 No. 5593 on a Burlington Northern coal train led by five GE locomotives climbing out of a sag in the undulating Black Hills Subdivision main ... (more)

Consisting of a pair of C30-7s and a SD40-2, a UP caboose hop moves west along the IHB through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

A Burlington Northern empty hopper train is northbound on the Joint Line at Castle Rock, CO.

Former N&W C30-7 8071, leads a mix of power on a northbound freight through High Point. The first car in the consist is a former Southern Railway Radio Car used to control mid-train helpers from ... (more)

Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5554 passes a sister locomotive on another coal empty on a siding just east of Donkey Creek on May 29, 1998. Empty coal trains are frequently staged here waiting t... (more)

Northbound empties roll on the Joint Line at Larkspur, Colorado. A Santa Fe C30-7 conforms to the BN mold of SD40-2/U30C/C30-7 power for Powder River coal trains.

In the days when GE’s were preferred leaders, two Union Pacific C30-7’s lead an SD40-2 and a coal train through Speer, Wyoming,

Southbound loaded X30 crosses the Eng. Acrisio Viaduct in a sunny afternoon.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1988, a westbound Santa Fe stack train works upgrade through Houlihan’s Curve climbing Edelstein Hill west of Chillicothe, Illinois. The train is powered by GE C30-... (more)