NS 572 departs Norton Yard in Norton, Virginia destined to Bluefield, West Virginia on an early fall day.

NS U52 rolls through Mudlick Junction on ex-Interstate Railroad rails with empty "yellow ball" Southern 70-ton hoppers. U52 is destined to Prescott (Osaka), located less than a mile ahea... (more)

MOBERLY MO Sept 16 1979 -- Norfolk & Western C30-7 8036, handling the head end of a mixed freight, has stopped just past mile post 148 .

A pair of C30-7's, U30C ans two SD40-2's haul a coal train through Laramie.

YESO NM Oct 7 1988 -- Santa FE C30-7 8128 holds the main at mile post 744 with a mixed train on the Transcon.

YESO NM Sept 25 1988 -- BNSF C30-7 8107, SD40u 5006, SD40F-2 5260 and an SD45 are shown on the Transcon at mile post 744 with a TOFC train in tow.

Nee L&N, ex SBD unit displaying a new YN1 paint job.

A long way from home... Southern Pacific SD40E, 7328, is in pusher service on the "Pokey" helping former N&W C30-7, 8072 and SD40-2, 6120, to push another loaded coal train into Bluefiel... (more)

Santa Fe 8061 5996 5512 8033 make there way up Cajon Pass.

Former N&W C30-7, 8043, 8064 and UP SD40, 3317, are departing Pomona Yard southbound at MP 287.

In a roster dominated by the high-tech diesels like the AC44i, sometimes we have surprises like these. A veteran C30-7 leads a northbound intermodal, through ZSK Yard. The train probably will end ... (more)

These units were a rarity on this line 22 years ago. This one is sitting quietly in the siding with a rail train. The main line has its new concrete ties, allegedly the solution to the need for ... (more)

Doing a poor imitation of a UP locomotive from LA and trying to look cool, this rarity, even in 2000, is actually helping out on the recurring maintenance "jamboree". Nice name but I di... (more)

Coal trains along the Aurora Sub have been few and far between over the years. Reroutes and detours have been about it, and the occasional Burns Harbor train from Canada. Coal isn't something that... (more)

CLOVIS NM Jan 22 1984 -- As a crewman makes his way forward from the third unit Santa Fe C30-7 8088 and plenty of additional power depart Clovis with a westbound TOFC-COFC train.