Armed with information from one of the crew members, that the 5399 would be working on this beautiful summer day, I made a 4 hour trip to Lebanon, Oregon. A great day was spent following the tra... (more)

A quartet of Missabe power fights off a cold fall rain near the docks on Duluth's west side at the bottom of Proctor Hill. Phase 4 SD9 DMIR 167 is mated up with SD38AC 207, another Phase 4 SD9 and... (more)

I spotted some MRL blue sooner than I expected on my trip to Montana. A former Montana Rail Link SD9, now lettered LOCX 605, resides at the elevator in McLaughlin, South Dakota.

BN SD9 6110 with GP9B 601 and SD9 6118 at Kansas City, Missouri August, 1984. BN GP9B 601 rebuilt Northern Pacific GP9 323 following wreck damage.

A number of stored former Reserve Mining SD9s mingle with Baldwin locomotives at E&LS's shop at Wells (Escanaba). Cessna 172.

A special WWII troop train with WWII era equipment and reenactors takes a ride through Niles Canyon on historic equipment

Lawn ornament

Probably one of the most paintless, patched, rusty locomotives I have ever photographed that was still active sits at Chadron, Nebraska, on July 14, 2008. But hey, at least it’s an SD9! Nebkota ... (more)

Honorary Alco

Southern Pacific SD9E 4435 and GP20E 4102 round the balloon track at the east end of the railroad's West Colton Yard in order to head west with a Hauler. Even though e... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad's corporate headquarters was located at 1 Market Street in San Francisco, California. But for the average San Franciscan, they only knew the SP at Third and Townsend, wh... (more)

GN 599 is beginning to re-appear as restoration efforts progress on former BN 6126. This unit was the final SD9 locomotive received by Great Northern Railway back in 1958. It was part of a ten uni... (more)

BN 6126, ex-GN 599 is getting a paint job from BN Cascade Green and black to as delivered GN Omaha Orange and Pullman Green. Located in Skykomish, WA to be on display in the Town Center Park.

Bighorn Divide & Wyoming Railroad EMD SD9 No. 2012 sits in Bonneville, Wyoming, on June 22, 2016, apparently in the middle of some radiator work.

Burlington Northern SD9 No. 6217 hauls a cut of intermodal cars to Rennick Yard approaching Prospect Junction in Denver, Colorado, on July 7, 1989. The “whiteface” paint scheme BN went to in t... (more)

GN 573 was the first SD9 purchased by Great Northern Railway, following acquisition of 23 SD7s, mostly for service in iron ore country. This is a Phase 1 SD9, looking essentially the same as an SD... (more)