Soo's lone SD9 didn't really roam very much, Glenwood and Shoreham were normally its home. With power tight in the late 70's it did get free once in awhile. Most engine crews equated 6 axle with S... (more)

The good old Conrail days at Pavonia Yard in Camden.

DM&IR 157,212,185 are leaving Proctor yard heading to the docks in Duluth on a bright September afternoon.

After setting off 10 cars for CSX, the W&W heads back to Inwood with a long train of nearly 50 cars.

A pair of Colorado & Southern SD9s, one still in the colors of former owner Chicago Burlington & Quincy and the other in new owner Burlington Northern's colors, lay over at the Denver engine facil... (more)

Sadly, all that is left of this old SD9 is the cab and ladders. Even had it not been scrapped, it wouldn't have been going anywhere as most of the Port of Tillamook Bay railway was destroyed by a ... (more)

southbound DMIR taconite train headed for Duluth, MN ore docks.

DMIR 129,222 swing around the wye in Powers with a Minoreca enpty.

Old rusty wheels describe the fate of the Port of Tillamook Bay very well. With a good part of the mainline destroyed in a rainstorm a couple years ago, these old BN GP9's are stranded in Tillamo... (more)

The W&W's Inwood-Hagerstown turn heads south near Martinsburg with a very shiny SD9 on the point.

Heading back to Sparks on the, by then, truncated Mina Branch, SP #4391 has the Thorne Turn in tow as it leaves Silver Springs, Nevada

Nevada Northern's ex Southern Pacific SD9 hauls a local freight southbound through the Robinson Canyon in a light snow shower. The equipment depicted in this photo represents a rather wide interv... (more)

westbound SP East Pleasanton turn using steam generator equipped commuter power passing through Newark, CA

Perhaps the lonliest engine servicing area in America? MRL 610 is leased to work the new UP Intermodal Yard in San Antonio, TX, however, I don't think I've ever seen it move from the spot she is ... (more)

Head-end brakeman walking his train through the turnouts. Shot taken from the unique Steel Bridge (Google it). Note the slip and a half switch in the foreground.