TUPELO OK Jan 28 1985 — Missouri Pacific GP50 3507 leads a southbound TOFC train as it holds the siding waiting for UP 4-8-4 8444 to pass. Note railfans on the highway 3 overpass in the left bac... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2s 3090 and 3264 await an assignment. My photo

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3243 leads a mixed freight over the Tower 55 diamonds. Note orders hanging to left of 3243. My photo.

Electro-Motive Division built a total of 2,222 GP38-2s for 59 railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, making the model a best seller. Several hundred of them were customized to railroad specific... (more)

Missouri Pacific EMD MP15DC No. 1384 sits in the afternoon sun at the Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985.

Missouri Pacific EMD GP50 No. 3521, now painted in Union Pacific colors, rests at the Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on August 10, 1986.

A Santa Fe manifest waits for clearance to enter the Joint Line’s single track as an opposing train headed by a Missouri Pacific SD40-2 arrives from the south. Although the Joint Line still sees... (more)

Alco RS-3's were re-engined with 12 cylinder EMD 567 power plants, and were known as RS-3m's or GP12's. They had a very distinctive three-stack manifold that was fabricated by MoPac at North Lit... (more)

After changing crews in Jefferson City, a westbound approaches signals to crossover at River Jct.

MP 3165, a non-dynamic brake SD40-2 showed up at Albina Yard, Portland, OR in run-through/mileage equalization. Five years later in 1982 UP would react to the BN-Frisco merger (1980) by merging wi... (more)

An Armour Yellow GP50 leads a trio of former Conrail Geeps now in lease use by EMD on a southbound mixed freight through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

"The Loose Caboose"

Ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13388 passes the Loose Caboose Pub mural towards the end of its 2.5 mile journey from the old Kroemer Siding to the NRHS Twin Forks Cha... (more)

"Towing a Caboose"

Ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13388 gets secured to the boom of a Rapid Recovery tow truck for its 2.5 mile journey from the old Kroemer Siding to the NRHS Twin Forks... (more)

"Flying Over the Main Line"

Several onlookers watch in amazement as ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13456 soars over the Long Island Rail Road Main Line during transport from a ... (more)

"Crossing the Main Line"

On the morning of November 18th, 2021, ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13456 prepares to cross the Long Island Rail Road Main Line on a tow truck at Kro... (more)