From time to time, some railroads get rid of surplus power, and other railroads pick up other roads' locomotives. In the 1980s, Illinois Central Gulf had excess GP38ACs and the Missouri-Kansas-Te... (more)

The Boston area Pan Am/CSX Local train BO-1 is seeing its final week of service on the Danvers Branch to its only customer, Rousselot. With Rousselot closing in the near future, the last expected ... (more)

CSX local job Y133 pulls a string of hopper cars as they work the yard outside of the General Mills plant in Buffalo, New York. This area along the Buffalo River is home to numerous grain elevator... (more)

CP 2319 works the east end of Bensenville Yard a beautiful summer morning.

Smokey skies , farms and Heritage units - CSX 911 Leads the daily M326 from Chicago to Grand Rapids with a new Marquette orange Geep trailing in the mix

Originally a late-model C&O GP40 this unit has been converted for commuter service and will soon be painted. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Rolling east on Southern Pacific’s West Colton Division, Cotton Belt GP35 6505 (ex-SSW 765) and SP GP9R 3880 (ex-SP GP9 3720, née-SP GP9 5884) meet a westbound, led by SP SD45T-2 9216, holding ... (more)

CP 2319 works bare tables at the east end of Bensenville Yard as all those cameras keep a close watch out for rules violations, trespassers and anything else they can bust someone for.

Roaring out of the Muskegon river valley, a GP & 2 SD40s drag 36 cars up the steep grade in some light showers. Music to my ears!

A varied consist is diverging north towards Phoenix off the main at Picacho.

Taking a break for the Memorial Day weekend three of the LIRC's GP's line up nicely outside the shop.

An "almost A-B-A" set of Santa Fe GP60s winds around Tehachapi Loop. Things are not quite as they may seem. The GP60 trio is actually in helper service, so at this point they are assis... (more)

About thirty minutes before sunset a quartet of LIRC GP's head for their Jeffersonville yard after picking cars up from the Port of Indiana.

No GEVOs here. Its great to see a revenue meet between GP35s and GP38s, the 35s are still running on the same rails since their delivery in 1964. The ONTN and CSTN jobs meet in Clare to swap cars ... (more)

BN 2017, former GN 2017 is an example of the first order of GN GP20s made in May 1960. They were set up to operate long hood front, and featured a bell over the front headlight. They also came wit... (more)