Connell, WA 10.14.24. The Columbia Basin Railway switching their interchange with the BNSF.

Connell, WA 10.14.24. The Columbia Basin Railway switching their interchange with the BNSF.

DMIR 163 splits the signals at Spruce, MN in September of 1987. The loaded ore train has just crossed the DW&P at Ramshaw and is on its way to Two Harbors. While the F-units of neighbor Erie Minin... (more)

I&M Rail Link SD9 #610 local grain mill power in Creston, IA.

W&W J301 heading south back to Bridgeton.

W&W J301 heading north into Seabrook NJ

Railink, IMRL 604 - 212- NYS&W 363, with train 232 on the ex-C&NW at Clinton, Iowa. December 7, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo IMRL 604, ex-DM&IR SD9 108 IMRL 212, ex-UP SD40 IMRL 363, ex... (more)

PC, Penn Central SD9 6909 at the ex-CNJ engine terminal, Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1979. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

EB grain passing by the familiar cliffs with some classic power. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

WRIX 602 at J.D Heiskell's Pixley facility.

Nearly back to Edon, OH, where the run started, gorgeous, freshly-restored NKP 358 brings up the rear passing under an old wooden bridge used as a farm road in years past.

VANCOUVER WA April 24 2013 — BNSF SD9 1550 shows off its new cab and chopped nose. EMD built the unit (b/n 19340) in February 1954 for Great Northern Railway as GN 573. An April 13, 2022, Trains... (more)

Originally NKP, this unit was one I missed in service, looking good in retirement.

Columbia Basin 651 leads the Connell turn near Schlomer, WA on September 18, 2023 with 77 cars interchanged from the BNSF at Connell, WA. The line from Connell to Schlomer is 1% compensated which ... (more)

An SD9 in the shadow of Mt. Shasta awaits its next call to duty.