LM - Laurel to Missoula, MT, local. New crew ready to depart well maintained station.

UP power added at Denver to Amtrak P42DC 195 and 154. All units ran to Emeryville, CA. Tunnel 1 upper left.

AOE reound-end observation car NEW YORK was built as New York Central's SANDY CREEK serving on the 20th Century Limited.

Genesee & Wyoming has acquired Utah Railway. They put old Utah offices/dispatcher/crew room 3-story building up for sale seen upper left.

MPI replaced Caterpillar engine with EMD 16V-645F prime mover. It was westbound at Castle Gate.

Train had Cadillac & Lake City passenger cars from Sherman County 100th Anniversary Event at Goodland, KS.

Katy unit among BN power. Note all the yellow lights atop BN power. Old, long gone, sanding structure seen above power.

New CNW 8819, 8822 with 8700 on frigid morning. First trip? Look at the units' pilot! Crew change point. CNW 8819 renumbered now as UP 6721.

Ex-BN F-7A 752 worked former Rock Island with desginated interim operator Cadillac & Lake City. GP-7 105 had engr Dave Cross at the throttle.

Engineer Todd was loading an Intermoutain Power Agency unit coal train at the Wildcat Mine loadout.

Evening switch crew works track 415 under full moon. 36th St. Yard uses remote controlled, no engineers, on switch jobs in 2004.

Used as Liberty's Shop Switcher. They repaired cars and painted Royal Gorge Scenic Rly ex-CNW F-7A units. Ex-US Navy 65-00617, nee US Army B-2064 built by Alco. B on Army number indicates unit ha... (more)

UP 5899 was rear DPU on coal empty headed west soon to plunge into the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel.

UPY 910 made a couple trips to Denver in Jan on the N. Platte to North Yard manifest. Missouri Pacific rebuilt SW-7 1211 in Aug. 1980 to create MP 1407 slug, late UP S16, now UPY 910.

Freshly painted 201 coupled to ATSF 719 was soon put to work hauling unit rock trains from Parkdale Quarry through the Royal Gorge.Thanks to seeing this unit a few days earlier at BNSF Denver's Di... (more)