Columbia Basin 651 leads the Connell turn near Schlomer, WA on September 18, 2023 with 77 cars interchanged from the BNSF at Connell, WA. The line from Connell to Schlomer is 1% compensated which ... (more)

An SD9 in the shadow of Mt. Shasta awaits its next call to duty.

As the sun sets on a typical Oregon winter day, PNWR 1854, a 1955 former Southern Pacific SD9 and the last of the first-generation power of the railroad, makes it's final run. Once it arrives at H... (more)

A former BNSF SD9 rests beneath a star filled winter sky in rural Nebraska. The H1 paint scheme on this unit is holding up nicely. This is certainly a rare breed.

BN 6114 shows off its rear short hood which received a simple white band wrapped around it when GN adopted the Big Sky Blue scheme in 1967. The SD9 is parked next to the roundhouse at Belknap Yard... (more)

BN 6115 and 6106, former GN SD9s, sit at Allouez Yard, Superior, WI, between assignments. Allouez Yard was GN & BN's major ore facilities that mixed raw are historically to load in ore dock pocket... (more)

First generation EMD power dominated BN operations in Iron Range country in the early years of the merger. Midnight on a nice summer July evening witnesses BN 6111, SD9, BN f7B 779, an NW2 and a s... (more)

BN 6114 shows off its "Y" front end, a feature of the GN Big Sky Blue scheme. 100 units lower, BN 6014, an SD7, is in the early 60s simplified scheme. Both are at the roundhouse at Belkn... (more)

The SD7/SD9 fleet of the Great Northern which dominated the Missable Division is being invaded by newer EMD SDs in the form of SD40s & 40-2s by 1975. BN 6009 is one of several seen at the Belknap ... (more)

Back in 1975 the BN was still switching ore cars and making dock shoves. Taconite was growing, but would be a while before the railroad converted dock loading to conveyors. BN 6115 and 6106 pair u... (more)

The crew of the Brook Park Turn has dropped off BN 6118 for a short visit into the depot. They had arrived light engine from Brook Park, and no doubt stopped several blocks east of here for lunch ... (more)

Winchester and Western light power heads back to Bridgeton

A four unit set of black & gray SD-9's C&S 829, 824, 830 and FW&D 850 with a southbound freight running on the Colorado & Southern near Denver on January 22, 1969. Photo by Ken Crist, from my co... (more)

How many men does it take to wash a 567 engine? BN 6110's engine gets a bath at Belknap St. Yard in Superior, WI, July 1973. Superior was once a location of major locomotive shops for the Great No... (more)

The End of an Era. Three or Portland & Western's high hood, first generation EMD power has been retired at this date. Only SD9 1852, still in Southern Pacific paint, continues to work the Oregon E... (more)