The westbound Super Continental rolls along the Thompson River in its namesake canyon and soon will make a brief stop at Lytton before heading to a crew change at Boston Bar, the last change befor... (more)

A CNW freight heads south near Haugen, WI with a bit of help from a Conrail unit. This train, 406 (DWPRA), handled mainly traffic from the CN at Duluth to Chicago connections. This piece of track ... (more)

A Soo Line power set idles at the sand tower at Irvine Yard near Chippewa Falls, WI on the round house lead. After some switching, the power will head the train east toward Stevens Point. The old... (more)

Three of the Jersey Central's nine SD40s await their next job at the CNJ/RDG engine terminal at Bethlehem, PA, on a spring day. The CNJ's austerity paint scheme was somewhat less than flashy.

All was not well with CNW in 1971. Ben Heineman was still running the show, but would soon dump the railroad on its employees. Fortunately, the railroad blossomed under that change and made it unt... (more)

Utah Railway 9007 pulls an empty coal train through Price River Canyon. The train will load at the Wildcat loadout.

A TOFC train races eastbound behind a UP SD-40 and two SP SD-45's.

Soldier Summit isn't exactly very hospitable this afternoon. But the sun has broke through the snow flurries, at just the right time. As the Utah brings an empty coal train up the mountain. With t... (more)

MRL SD40 no. 251 and mate work a freight east having just left Big Timber, MT. The train is occupying Northern Pacific's former mainline along the Yellowstone River with the Crazy Mountains provid... (more)

A stop at Conrail's big Conway Yard during the snowstorm on March 13, 1993 found little that was moving. At the turntable I got this guy working on the horns of 6350 during heavy snowfall.

A pair of Canadian National SD40s brings a manifest freight south along the former C&EI in Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

Utah Railway 9006 leads a loaded coal train through the Utah Railway Martin Yard. With a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. The train is about to head out onto the main line at Utah Railway Junc... (more)

The Utah Railway use to be a steady player on Soldier Summit with their coal trains out of Martin and areas around Helper. Back in 2001 we see a coal train near Kyune tackling the 2% grade. A big ... (more)

It's an F45 fest on the Utah Railway helper set. Two SD40's sandwich F45 5525 (MKM leaser) Utah Railway 9013 and MKM 5527 another leaser. A pretty cool day to be chasing the Utah.

Utah Railway quartet of SD40's 9011 9002 9007 9001 haul another load of coal, through the Price and Spanish Fork Canyon's.