I remember being taken aback when first I saw these. No dynamics, no subtlety there, unique spotting feature of the C&NW. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

Tom Golden photo.

A former MRL SD45 and former Chessie SD18 sit at the grain elevator in South Haven. The elevator no longer recieves rail shipments, so the siding is used for car storage.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, received over two feet of snow over the previous three days before a frigid Arctic high settled in over the region. On January 27, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 43 has just... (more)

Cowl unit heaven. Santa Fe SD45 5333, leads F45 5953, SDP40F 5252, and F45 5986 down Cajon Pass. Tom Ellis photo.

Fresh off of a trip over Tehachapi, a westbound Southern Pacific manifest passes the station in Bakersfield, California.

DMVW 7505 a Former Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 Built for BN in 1971, leads a loaded DMVW grain train with soybeans and some work hoppers across the BNSF just west of McKenzie, North Dakota.

WC SD45 no. 6605 and a former Algoma Central SD40 arrive at Shops Yard with a southbound freight. It was always a treat to be out along the WC, one of the finest US rail carriers during the 1990s.

Spring has sprung as the always entertaining Wisconsin Central gets a bit of support from a pair of Southern Pacific GEs as its northbound train crests Byron Hill and begins its descent toward Sho... (more)

A Santa Fe intermodal train sprints across the Kankakee River Bridge at Lorenzo, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 10, 1986. The westbound train is powered by a pair each of EMD SD45s and SD40-2s.

On January 27, 1996, Wisconsin Central train 43 has tops Byron Hill, south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in extremely high winds and well below zero temperatures. The area around Fond du Lac received... (more)

DMVW 7505 a Former Wisconsin Central EMD SD45, leads a loaded DMVW grain train loaded with soybeans across the BNSF through Menoken, North Dakota.

Susquehanna stack train NTV-9 crosses the Chenango River while making its exit from Binghamton, New York. Three SD45’s in progressive stages of the transformation from BN to NYS&W provide the po... (more)

EL SD45 3607 sits on display at NMOT in Kirkwood.

Clinchfield 3632 sits in the late afternoon sun at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.