The LSRC's predecessor Detroit & Mackinac was historically home to a fleet of Alco diesels. The LSRC carried on that tradition into the 2000s until the fleet (minus the 469) was scrapped in 2011. ... (more)

A welded rail train heads west on the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern's former Pennsy main. The train was bound for the BNSF.

A TP&W GP40X and a CF&E SD40-2 lead a manifest east on the former Michigan Central in Gary Indiana

Bluebonnet 3033 brings a cut of stacks out of Clyde Yard, passing East End Tower.

A decent looking GP40X leads a merger mate on a shuttle for CHS on a beautiful, but somber day in Duluth. An hour after this train departed, Rices Point Yard ceased to have a Yardmaster. All dutie... (more)

Looking good in the morning sun, Bluebonnet GP40X 3033 and Warbonnet 557 shove their train back into the Valley Lead.

A sharp Bluebonnet GP40X/Warbonnet Dash 8 combo work the Valley Job at Cyde Yard on this sunny morning.

Sitting on borrowed time. On this rainy cold night in March i had no idea at the time that the 4300 the only GP40X on LSRC and two other GP40's would be pulled from service shortly after this and ... (more)

Built in 1978, and still in the yellow bonnet paint scheme, GP 40X No. 3039 still looks good at the engine service facility in Commerce California.

A former Santa Fe GP40X teams up with a former Burlington Northern extended cab GP50 on the Rock Island based local, known as "BN Rock" on the CP.

LSRC 4300 and 805 sit on the fuel pad, awaiting their call to action. This was one of the last decent shots I ever got of the 4300, it, along with the other red 4300s sit deactivated, waiting to b... (more)

A GP40X leads the WB local down through Mazon IL on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivison.

Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 1 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. In this case, I... (more)

TPW 4056 leads an eastbound manifest along the CF&E (PRR) past the abandoned grain elevator in Wheeler, IN.

A rare visitor to the Southeast is former ATSF GP40X, BNSF Nº3036 which has been roaming the southern end of BNSF for the last several months. Built in April 1978 as ATSF 3806, the unit is part o... (more)