As SSW 9647 East, a BKDOU, passes on the main line, an SP work train in the south siding at Woodford picks up spikes and other metal "debris" from the right of way using a big magnet att... (more)

A trio of SD40T-2 ‘tunnel motors’ leads an empty aluminum ingot train eastbound through Bagdad, KY on RJ Corman’s former L&N “Old Road” between Louisville and Lexington.

What looks like a main generator and traction motors sit in front of the SP SD40T-2 No. 7361 in UP's Burnham Shops. The big electrical gear will be installed in one or several of the many locomoti... (more)

While the engineer remains at the throttle of Rio Grande 5401 East, two other crewmen inspect the power. The manifest has just passed the west end of Gilluly, where curvature and a steep grade put... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande tunnel motors are putting on a show, with the Utah book-cliffs for a backdrop.

A trio of Rio Grande tunnel motors are on the Sunnyside branch with the dirt train. It's 7 years after the merge but the Rio Grande is being kept alive in Helper, Utah.

Two grimy Rio Grande SD40-T2 and a Southern Pacific SD45 work Tennessee Pass.

On a perfect October afternoon, Wheeling & Lake Erie's extra, WE #90, switches onto the Brewster Connection in Bellevue, OH with an originally painted D&RGW EMD SD40T-2, 5431, now Wheeling 5431. W... (more)

Led by a foursome of aged and weathered EMD veterans the daily local from Trona to Searles is slowly climbing out of the Searles Valley. Westend Facility, Lake Searles and in the background Trona ... (more)

An Alturas Turn heads out the Modoc Line. Before departing Klamath Falls, the crew asked to wye the power so they would have an operating oscillating headlight visible, and the request was denied.... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight rolls through Warren curve west of Mojave, California, on March 6, 1995. Powering the train is a pair each of EMDs and GEs—SP SD40T-2 No. 8517 leads Cotton ... (more)

CN short empty ore car train south end Coons siding

With the Continental Divide looming above, a loaded Rio Grande coal train arcs through the long curve at Crescent, Colorado, in July 1984.