MPE 244 is on the point of an NS 995 test train in Roanoke. This train is making runs up Starkey Hill (the NS testing hill), evaluating tonnage and traction abilities. The unit on the opposite en... (more)
MPE 244 is on the point of an NS 995 test train in Roanoke. This train is making runs up Starkey Hill (the NS testing hill), evaluating tonnage and traction abilities.
Brand spanking new! So new, they aren't even finished yet. New commuter rail locomotives, presumably for Metrolink, await a few final touches and then it's off to the paint booth at Motive Power... (more)
Motive Power's first Genset locomotive catches some sun outside the firm's shops in Boise.
MPEX 5000 sits at Martin during its short stay on the Utah Railway.
One-of-a-kind MPEX 5000 leads Q300 as a SEPTA electric MU train passes overhead.
MPEX's oddball SD50M-3 cools his heels in Pittsburgh while waiting for a meet with a westbound.
Q216 gets back underway after a meet at Pittsburgh with Q353. Leading the way is MPEX #5000, a one of a kind SD50M-3.
216 had a nice surprise on the point, the unique MPEX SD50M-3 rebuild.
The rare one of a kind SD 50M-3 rebuild, MPEX 5000 leads the Q261 past WB Tower and the CPL in Brunswick, MD heading west towards Cumberland. This unit was painted in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern R... (more)
Waiting for Q662 to pass.
MPEX 5000 & HLCX 6000 lead a short Atlanta manifest.
MPI motors like the 9049 seen at Englewood were common on the Espee lines in Louisiana and Texas in 1996 and 1997.
Auto rack westbound Q249 passes the EAS of Riverton with former DME #5000 in charge of a BNSD H1 SD40-2.
Unit was moving via BNSF (Denver to Barstow, CA, train that evening) to Pacific Harbor Line, Watson, CA.