Portrait of a failed experiment. Running with borrowed BN Locotrol equipped SD-40-2s and SP mid train units controlled through a BN Locotrol receiver car trains were something to see for a few we... (more)

Eastbound inbound, filthy locomotive.

I believe this is the only shot I have of a unit attached to an ex-Trainmaster brake trailer.

For my 1000th image accepted on Railpictures.net, I have uploaded a photo of a place I have held dear since I was a young kid. On a bright spring morning in 2006, I was on hand to catch the Rio Gr... (more)

History lives. Where the NYC's famous streamlined Hudsons once tread, SP 4449 rolls past BO Tower, one of the last few active interlocking towers in the state of Michigan. The engine is enroute to... (more)

The railfan gods answered yesterday with a short lived sucker hole of sun just as SP 4449 passed under one of the old wooden bridges just east of Hawley. Most of MN had heavy cloud cover for most... (more)

SP 4449 makes her way through former Great Northern territory under beautiful blue skies on a holiday weekend en route to points East.

Got lucky on this one - clean SP power!

Bicentennail GP40P mixed in with the SDP45s

A truly full-length view of this SDP45

A passenger special from Willits to Ukiah crests Ridge summit. The troubled railroad had passed into public ownership, and a "new" Northwestern Pacific Railroad had begun both freight and tourist... (more)

An empty Geneva All-Rail departs Allouez on a cold morning on it's way to Iron Range for loading

8678 east crosses Tehachapi creek with an SD40M-2 & three SD40T-2's. Raw EMD power at its best.

SP 8328 east drfts down grade under the signal bridge at MP 377, near Mojave.