CR 6596 has departed Buffalo and is southbound thru Derby, NY in June of 1993.

Light power at Northtown Yard.

The 1990s were a great time to be out trackside. There were still plenty of locomotives in AT&SF, C&NW, D&RGW and SP colors, rolling stock still bore the road names of myriad lines and traffic was... (more)

A pair of Kodachrome's pass thru the Kansas countryside near Matfield Green in June of 1989.

An eastbound coal train is about to Galesburg from Creston, IA. The train is seen here passing thru Cameron. These BN days were still mainly C30-7's and SD40's to move the growing coal business ou... (more)

An eastbound train with a C30-7, SD40-2 and GP50 and active code lines still in place on a late spring morning.

Light power heads under the searchlight signal bridge at West University adjacent to Northtown Yard.

A coal empty from Superior WI rolls southbound.

Two big GE's lead their train into Conway Yard.

Peoria bound 'Santa Fe' coal departing Cincy. The train turn north onto the former C&EI at Vincennes, IN. At Watseka, IL it will be turned over to the TP&W for the rest of the trip.

Santa Fe Los Angeles to Kansas City train 893 climbing eastbound on normal westbound South Main near old siding site of Gish on Cajon Pass between Summit and Cajon stations.

BN 5032 is starting its assault on Crawford hill with a loaded coal train in May of 1990.

Almost at the end of the Golden Hour. A Roger Puta Photograph

Union Pacific SD60M No. 6239, SD40-2 No. 3480, and C30-7 No. 2500 mingle at Provo Yard on Dec. 26, 1992. See if you can spot the surprise Rio Grande freight train that 'photobombed' the shot.

BN 5598 leads a coal train along Hwy 2 near Ashby, NE in May of 1991. I always liked these GE's on coal trains.