On the way with Amtraks Soutwest Ltd somewhere on the Raton pass

The dispatcher crosses over a Santa Fe eastbound at Sandcut from Track Two to Track One. As soon as the SP's conductor is finished with his roll-by, the SP will proceed down the hill into Bakersfi... (more)

This power consist has just cut off of its train, which came over the hill from LA. In the consist are two EMD SDP40Fs, which Santa Fe recently purchased from Amtrak. ATSF will rebuild them into S... (more)

It’s an all-EMD Burlington Northern line up at Sterling, Colorado, on July 7, 1985. Flanking GP20 No. 2059 are SD40-2 No. 7801 and SD9 No. 6172.

UP 8053 and two other "fast forty" mates plus a trio of run-thru SP units head an OVE (Overland East manifest) through Hermosa, WY. The 8000 series SD40s were geared for 80mph and usuall... (more)

SP SD7 No. 1521 has just received a new governor in the shops.

WP GEs 2251 and 3066 bask in the late afternoon at the railroad's yard in Stockton. Note that both sport an M5 horn.

It was a hot and humid summer day along the Mississippi at Alma, WI. You could cut the air with a knife. All was quiet until a headlight showed up around the corner. I thought a year earlier it wo... (more)

BN 1796 still in Great Northern's simplified scheme is partnered with F9B 805 and BN 1790, a repainted former GN Geep, at Wenatchee, WA, June 8, 1974. This was my first visit to Wenatchee, done wh... (more)

BN F45 6620 leads an EMD trio of six axle units on an eastbound manifest at the west end of Baring, WA on the 243rd anniversary of George Washington's birthday. The train will add helpers about 8 ... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific loaded coke train (NSGVC) descends the steep west slope of Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on August 1, 1996. This is most certainly the highest elevation these two... (more)

On a searingly hot morning in the Mojave Desert, a Santa Fe eastbound hustles through the reverse curves west of Ludlow as a westbound fades into the distance.

Conrail Class N-21 caboose No. 21243 brings up the rear of a westbound manifest east of Newport, in the beautiful Juniata River Valley. Conrail ordered 113 N-21s from the Fruit Growers Express Co... (more)

GBW 320 is switching the City of Midland carferry under the watchful eye of the idled Arthur Atkinson in October of 1988.

A big SD45-2 with a 5,000 gallon fuel tank pushes a westbound manifest around Benny Curve in the early spring of 1987. No. 6655 was built by EMD as the Erie-Lackawanna No. 3670 in November, 1972,... (more)