SSW (Cotton Belt) SD45T-2 9404, Milwaukee Road GP40 2014, SP SW1500 2753, and SP GP9 3785 at SP Yard Ennis, Texas. An original Kodachrome slide, from my collection.
A Cotton Belt GP60 leads a Union Pacific train over the Arkansas River bridge at Princeton, CO on the Tennessee Pass Route, three months before the former D&RGW route was shut down.
A westbound Cotton Belt freight crosses the Kansas City Terminal’s Kaw River Bridge (also known as the Kansas River Bridge) on December 8, 1985. This massive structure has four main lines—two ... (more)
In February 1996, floods and related problems shut down every rail line into Portland, Oregon except one - the Portland & Western's ex-SP Tillamook, Newberg and Westside branches. A hot SP PTPCX d... (more)
A Southern Pacific eastbound, with Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8325 on the front, sits in San Luis Obispo, California, awaiting a fresh crew. This train, heading... (more)