A Soo Line SD40/SD40-2 duo leads D&H 266 into Oak Island Yard. During the mid-90s it was not uncommon to see Soo Line units mixed with CP and even D&H power on this train. In the distance, a bra... (more)

“HOoping It Up�
The operator at HO Tower hoops up orders to a westbound manifest at Hancock.
Locomotives:
(1) Chessie/C&O SD40-2 7558 (ex-C&O 7458)
(2) SCL/SBD GP40 6745, wi... (more)

2009 was a snowy winter. Due to fresh snow and poor road conditions, chasing this NBEC train was sketchy at best. Roughly 15 miles out of Gordon Yard in Moncton, train 403 heads West.

A Detroit Edison SD40 leads a pair of GE units on an empty coal train through Walbridge. Tom Bowers photo

What appears to be a seriously overpowered train likely dropped most of its cars at Montreal Yard (now called Taschereau Yard) and is bringing the piggyback and container cars to the Turcot Piggyb... (more)

Newly- instituted CP/D&H train 557 takes a few intermodal loads north through South Philadelphia. The first leg of its journey was on former PRR tracks – new territory for the CP as its new inte... (more)

The Reading and Chessie System had run-through services to Allentown, Pennsylvania in pre-Conrail days. Here a Chesapeake & Ohio SD40 waits for its return assignment at Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

Canadian National Railway SD40 #5170 and #5196 are waiting for departure in the Jasper station.

A Western Maryland SD40 is going solo up the Potomac Valley in the spring of 1981. No. 7570 was built as the WM 7470 in 1966.

A very early Conrail mixed freight descends the mountain grade east towards Altoona as a westbound train with helpers climbs upgrade in the distance.

The mid eighties was a colorful time for CSX made of various roads and you never knew what might be leading a train. On this day a trio of Chessie painted SD's lead a northbound out of Louisville ... (more)

Right behind the Red Baron on the previous train, CNJ SD40 3066 in the standard blue paint leads a train off the CNJ and onto the Reading toward Philadelphia. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

My father and I were spending the morning at the Bound Brook station when this westbound with the "Red Baron" leading passed through. We raced out to Bridgewater to photograph the train... (more)

CN train #340 had some issues and stalled climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley east of Savanna. So a BNSF Northtown to Chicago train had to cut their power and push the train up the grade.... (more)

UP SD40 3096 and SD40-2 3569