A number of these were assigned to PTRA duties in their last days; 106 and 91 wait on air to take a transfer to Pasadena.

Look what showed up at Settegast for switching duty at the "hump". Didn't last long in this paint! Became UP 1394 then UPY 1394.

Back then the Katy was the least of the photographed lines around Houston; lots was going on with UP/MP merger, and SFF/SP pending merger. The SD40-2s were holding down grain trains at this time.

Back then the Katy was the least of the photographed lines around Houston; lots was going on with UP/MP merger, and SFF/SP pending merger. They were an afterthought.

Never knew what you'd find at Manchester, but on this day it was just a plain SD40-2. Whoda thunk...

There were several of these on the roster of this great old carrier. I've always wondered why the couple was painted white.

Odd to see such spindly trestle in the big city but here it is with a switchers tiptoeing across to some industry needing gons. This may be the slightly less glamorous part of the San Antonio Riv... (more)

This is a classic of East Texas engineering, check those weld lines. There is a prototype for almost everything.

I've learned to appreciate switchers much more lately and "single digits" are a favorite.

If I were king every railroad would be required to have a unit numbered 1. Hey, Katy fans, what was with the short stacks?

Spring cleaning at NRE brings an end to a lot of old geeps and switchers, examples include MKT GP7's 100 and 101, and Inland Steel 91.