Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5345, 5410, 5349, 5373, 5400, 5392, and 5347 are mid-train helpers cut into a Savage to Trona coal train grinding westward through the Kyune Gooseneck on Aug. 19, 2000.
By the mid 1980’s, freight traffic on Santa Fe’s Raton line was sparse, but not virtually nonexistent as it is today. Some of those few trains could, however be heavy enough to require helpers... (more)
A BN helper set idles at Skykomish on a rare sunny February day. This was a typical consist in 1975 with BN GP9 1794 (x-GN 721), F9B 803 (x-NP 7000C), and BN 1799 (x-GN 726). This power will soon ... (more)
Eastbound EL manifest HF-98 is about to get an assist across the Gulf Summit grade by a pair of F7A pushers based in Susquehanna, Pa. Both the lead locomotive and caboose are pre-merger Erie Railr... (more)
Erie-Lackawana F-7A 7134 and a mate were standing by to push an eastbound symbol freight up to Gulf Summit. While this train waited for a clear signal the photographer Ken Patton walked the entir... (more)