POW! Normally assigned to ore service, this IC SD40-3 is today working a helper job out of Pokegama en route to assist A-438 at Adolph (Proctor).

20V's helper set passes MP 254 on its ascension of the West Slope.

Early morning light illuminates 21V's helpers as 10G passes by on track one.

A lite helper heads west in a mid-October snow storm.

5413 and a GP35 begin an afternoon's work by getting into position to meet an ore train. The pair will be cut in as a mid-train helper set and stay with the train as far as Monessen.

On a gorgeous Spring afternoon, a pair of W&LE SD40-3s assist a loaded ore train eastbound through Snowden.

The headend power was nothing special, but the mid-train helper set definitely was!

It's nice being able to shoot the Rio Grande only three miles from my home.

Jon Kayes and I decided to freeze our butts off doing night shots one fine evening at the Station Inn. There's Jon on the right as light helpers illuminate the snow and sky alike on a frigid Febru... (more)

3049 and 3068 are working as mid-train helpers, cut in about 3/4th of the way back on this loaded ore train.

Working as a mid-train helper set, a pair of W&LE SD40-3s lend a helping hand to the four EMDs on the head end of this eastbound ore train.

Rook is a great place to look into railroading's recent past. The D&RGW and Wisconsin Central are both gone now, but you might not think that was the case after witnessing this scene in 2009.

Norfolk Southern's newest helper locomotives roll west under the ex-PRR signal bridge at Summerhill.

Merry Christmas from the Izaak Walton Inn The helpers idle outside awaiting their next call to duty in just about two hours. The Inn is decorated merrily for the holiday and these two bears sit... (more)