Mason City to Calmer turn having just toped the grade a nice set of MILW SD10s all matching paint looked great.

Surrounded by an arid landscape, 602 and trailing SD45-2 5818 and GP50 3831 have been sidelined to allow a hot intermodal to overtake on this recently double tracked section of the ATSF transcon.

At sunrise on a Saturday in June 1992, a hot 991 train hustles past the west switch at Orwood, CA, with the Coast Range visible far in the distance. This the heart of the San Joaquin Delta.

Chicago & North Western EMD GP7 No. 4374 switches cars at C&NW’s Butler yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in August 1984. The flag pole and flowerbeds are a nice touch.

Early Conrail eastbound manifest freight with CNJ Red Baron 3067 SD40 trailing unit speeds past Leaman Place, the interchange with the Strasburg Rail Road.

Eastbound SP reefer train crossing Rio Grande River into El Paso

Three warbonnet GP60Ms lead a Santa Fe 991 train through Antioch, CA, just as the suns comes up over the horizon. To the right of the hotshot is Sando siding, where many a meet was made between Sa... (more)

B&O 7600 East St. Louis, IL December 20, 1986. Chessie received only a single order of SD40-2's for 20 units in January and February of 1977. B&O Units 7600-7619.

Santa Fe 505 East climbs the steep western slope of Ash Hill as it roars through the Mojave Desert past Ludlow. From this vantage point, we can see that the desert is definitely not flat, but has ... (more)

Two EL SDP-45's and a GP-35 are on the head end of a D&H northbound freight waiting in the siding for a meet. Unfortunately my notes say it is only north of Binghamton but not the exact location.

Two GMD FP7's on service track to Glen Yards at Westmount Station on February 05, 1966.

Milwaukee Road 3030 West passes the big substation at East Portal as it heads toward the long bore that tunnels under the Bitterroots. No. 3030 was later renumbered to 160.

Santa Fe red and silver FP45 No. 98 leads a long pig train up the steep grade at Woodford, CA. The morning fog hasn't yet burned off, and the 98 looked like phantom apparition when it appeared fro... (more)

Mother nature has taken over the yard in North Conway as a short local freight prepares to leave town. DI-1/ID-2 was a turn from Dover to Intervale but usually terminated at North Conway. By thi... (more)

Fresh from the Angus Shops paint booth in the CP Rail Multimark scheme this SW1200RS is pulling a long cut of cars out of the St. Luc Departure Yard. CP had 72 SW1200RS's, referred to as Branch L... (more)