Montana Rail Link train LM (Laurel to Missoula freight) as the train exits Lombard Canyon just east of Toston, Montana, on October 15, 2000. All three of MRL's cowled F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 w... (more)

Montana Rail Link's ML (Missoula to Laurel) freight curves eastbound along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon, Montana, on August 9, 1996.

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest uses the old, four-track alignment at Summit not long before the railroad switched to the new one immediately to the south.

MRL 390 . . . 391 . . . 392
All three of Montana Rail Link's F45s (393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are west of Louisville, Montana, with train LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest) on Oc... (more)

Montana Rail Link F45 no. 391 leads the westbound LM into the setting sun at Tobin, Montana. Helena, Montana's capital, is in the distance.

Wisconsin & Southern F45 No. 1002 leads three Geeps eastbound at Woodland, Wisconsin, and has just crossed Lilac Road on July 6, 1992. WSOR didn't use the F45s very long since their weight was har... (more)

BELVA OK May 15 1978 -- An F45 and two SD45s haul tofc cars and autoracks around the curve on their journey west.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em
The southbound Santa Fe Q-Train leaves Greenland, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. The lead F45 is coughing up smoke as the train heads for Palmer Lake on Coloradoâ€... (more)

F45 5986 leads the X-AMAM west near Joel, Texas. The train originated at Amarillo, Texas, and is distributing empty grain cars to country elevators on Santa Fe's Hereford Subdivision (Transcon mai... (more)

Two Wisconsin Central F45s team up with a new SP AC4400CW on train No. 45 at Ackerville, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1996.

With the sun setting over the San Joaquin Valley, Santa Fe 5979 East roars up the grade out of Edison, CA, and heads for Sandcut and Tehachapi Pass. The shape of the big windshields on the cowl is... (more)

Pacing the Q Train
Santa Fe’s Q-train south out of Big Lift (Denver), Colorado hums down the Joint Line, south of Castle Rock, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. Cowl F45 No. 5989 leads the ... (more)

Three out of four Montana Rail Link F45s lead the westbound LM (Laurel-Missoula) freight past Toston Dam a few miles from Lombard, Montana.

MRL's Laurel to Missoula manifest train, led by MRL 390,392 and a SD45, enter the curve after crossing the Yellowstone River at a location known as Twin Bridges 6/30/05.

Santa Fe F45 5957 painted in the red and yellow SPSF scheme leads SF30C 9508, GP30 2704, Burlington Northern GP50 3139 in the "tiger stripe" scheme and BN SD40-2 8118 Eastbound approachimg Summit ... (more)