A pair of Ex-UP SD40M-2's power a heavy MNA Train KCMNA 09 climbing Independence Hill on the UP Sedalia Sub. at Wilson Road. Engineer Tim Whitworth and Conductor Stew Jacobs have the movement wel... (more)

Nice shiny new sign with one of my favorite EMD, the nicely proportioned SD40 with good innards.

The lines of the basis 40 are somehow more pleasing to me than the -2 version. So put the -2 goodies into the basic carbody and you have one of my all-time favorites, this one rebuilt by MK.

Pan Am eastbound freight picks up speed after making the descent after exiting the Hoosac Tunnel as it heads to the East Deerfield yard long hood forward.

Arizona and California westbound train 708 was passing through Milligan enroute Cadiz

MNA Train KCMNA 22 crests a little rise just north of the NSS Ore on the MNA Nevada Sub with a pair of Ex-UP SD40M-2's on the head end. If only these had the MNA logo on the nose! Speaking of no... (more)

A former Clinchfield SD40, dressed in faded SP paint, leads a plethora of units on the Lima, Ohio based local J783, many of which were dropped off as a power transfer for its final destination of ... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8591 (SD45) exx-CSX 8920, ex-SBD 8920, nee-SCL 2020.

A pair of Arizona and California units at Parker, AZ.

A sharp looking MPI rebuild leads a trio of Southern Pacific EMDs on an eastbound coal train on the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

All six road units on the Arizona & California lay over at Parker for the weekend. On Monday, the train will finally continue west after a three day weekend with all six units. This was unfortunat... (more)

Union Pacific’s “Blitz local” switches 3 cars of coal for the huge Monolith cement plant just east of Tehachapi, California, on March 8, 2001. Even though it is a UP local, the three Souther... (more)

At sunset, two UP westbounds prepare to depart Tucson Yard. The Tucson yardmaster will let their crews know when they can proceed to the mainline.

Ex-UP SD40M-2's bring MNA Train KCMNA 09 through Lee's Summit and over the crest of the second major grade they've faced on UP Sedalia Sub. Engineer Tim Whitworth and Conductor Stew Jacobs will s... (more)

St. Croix Valley's 1326, sitting quietly, rather in the middle of nowhere, on a sunny Sunday afternoon.