MRL 250 blasts out of Bozeman tunnel.

A northbound grain train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A pair of SD40-2s (BN 7882 and 7819) and a C30-7 (BN 5052) – typical coal train power at the time - lead a loaded coal train through the Sandhills of Nebraska. About fifteen miles (24 km) east ... (more)

WAMX 4173 leads WSOR train T001 past the Metra depot in Libertyville, IL the night before the nation's 247th birthday. This is the only SD40-2 on the WSOR roster equipped with PTC, allowing it to ... (more)

A quartet of light power sit at the BNSF engine servicing facility for assignments.

Canadian Pacific SD40-2 6059 (class DRF-30w, built by GMD in November 1984) pulls a local of grain hoppers out of the small yard in Red Wing, adjacent to the ADM elevator, and heads west along the... (more)

The Bozeman Bullet is heading into Bozeman with 18 cars. The classic SD40s up front made this a great train for chasing.

NS 615 leads NS B90 (B19 Return) from NS Oakwood Yard to Wayne Yard, here it is seen coming on to the Michigan line at CP Townline in Dearborn.

A trio of standard cab EMD's lead BNSF's Galesburg to Des Moines manifest H GALDMO1 11A as it cruises west. As the train approaches Chillicothe, Iowa it meets loaded coal train C NAMPEK0 79A as i... (more)

MRL 250 exits Bozeman tunnel on a a fine summer evening.

Texas is really not flat. Here a mixed freight climbs one of the humps. They do have some wide open spaces. Photo by Calvin Christman, from my collection. BTW, considering the distance from Da... (more)

The Waynoka to Amarillo local is in the first stage of their journey back to Texas as they start the climb up Curtis Hill near Heman, OK on a cold Saturday morning.

Back when there were auto manufacturing plants in the Northeast, Linden and Metuchen, NJ generated appreciable traffic - such as symbol LMPI that carried auto racks and hi cube boxcars. The train ... (more)

FEC 711 posing in front of the General Office Building at Bowden Yard wearing its champion pain scheme. Built in 1980, 711 was built for Union Pacific as UP 3703

Finding string of power with no UP unit seemed difficult even before the merger. Photo by Calvin Christman, from my collection.