A color consist, led by UP 3540, sits in the Tucson yard, while SP 7216 go about switching cars. Photo taken with permission.

I am in the cab of BC Hydro 383, looking back at BC Hydro 384 as we run long hood forward with our train. You can see the BC Hydro caboose at the end of the train. This was the power I had a cab... (more)

The La Grange Local, led by UP 656, leads 5 cars and a caboose through the siding in North Powder, Oregon. The UP 656 is a former Western Pacific.

The crew on the Huntington Beach Local has tied down their train and walked down the street for dinner. After dinner, they will take their train back to Anaheim.

WP 2261 has tied on to the end of a train to do more switching in the Winnemucca yard. The crew asked me if I would like to go for a ride with them as they switched around the yard. Next thing I... (more)

WP 3423 west slows down to let crew members on and off of the caboose, while the crew on WP 2261 wait to go back into the yard to do more switching.

EMD GP60 demonstrators 5,6,7 and BN 4003 have stopped to be inspected before heading out for test runs on the BN.

A colorful power lash-up, consisting of Conrail 5517, CSX 5865, UP 4243, SP 9790, two more SP and two more UP units, sits in the Tucson yard. Photo taken with permission.

Union Pacific 3429 leads the eastbound ribbon rail train around the curve and into the community of Meacham in the beautiful Blue Mountains.

Union Pacific 5045 leads a solid set of APL doublestacks west over the Sunset Route towards Tucson.

Union Pacific 1085 takes a break at the top of the hump track in the East Los Angeles Yard. Photo taken with permission.

I am sitting on the fireman side of the Union Pacific 3416 looking back at our train as we go west over the Blue Mountains in Oregon. The two SD40-2 had little trouble handling the doublestack tra... (more)

Three Cotton Belts, two BN and two SP lead a long westbound manifest towards the Tucson yard.

Cotton Belt 9684 with a SP, NS and UP, pulls a westbound doublestack train into the Tucson yard. Pool power consists like this were common on the Sunset Route through Tucson. Photo taken with pe... (more)

Santa Fe SD-45 5602 leads NW high nose SD-45 1770 and Santa Fe SD-26 4634 east toward tunnel 9 on Tehachapi Loop. The consist also had NW 1636, and made for an interesting lash-up of locomotives.... (more)