After pushing a train West up the Allegheny Mountains, a Conrail helper set of EMD's SD35 6048 (ex-CNJ) and SDP45 6690 (ex-EL) have cut off at UN interlocking. They're now headed over to Cresson... (more)

Eastbound grain train, the whine of dynamic brakes and just nature otherwise. I liked those SD35s. Odd that exactly none ever got NS paint.

I'd imagine before long someone will take it upon themselves to rededicate a B&O Geep with a proper nose....so until then....

GLC 383 leads 4 unit loco train from Durand Michigan to Ann Arbor. Here they roll through the "cut" in Howell Michigan in the evening. Still some good Fall Color through the area at the ... (more)

GLC 383 and 382 Lead a long mixed train through the "cut" in downtown Howell Michigan

PNLX 7436 staged in the SVRR yard in Staunton for a night photo session. Photo taken with permission.

A former Southern Pacific SD35 now resides in southwest Minnesota, working at the Cargill facility alongside BNSF's Sioux City Subdivision south of Pipestone.

Westbound, east of Columbus, OH on the Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis line, a trio of Pennsy units handle it.

PNLX, an original Western Maryland EMD SD35 #7436 sits outside at the East end of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway Yard just West of Carpondale, WV

PNLX, an original Western Maryland EMD SD35 #7436 sits outside at the East end of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway Yard just West of Carpondale, WV

Back when freight moved on this grade a northbound train is preparing for the climb. Excuse me if I don't show up to see the bicycles. Photo by Leroy Robl. From my collection.

Crossing Tehachapi Creek between Woodford and Walong, the engineer of an eastbound Southern Pacific freight gives a friendly wave as the train climbs over the Tehachapi Mountains, with a typically... (more)

ACL>SCL>SBD>CSX unit demoted to yard duty but it did not have to suffer the indignity of losing the turbo and dynamic brakes. There's a shot of the other side somewhere in here.

7436 was one of the side bonuses on last February's TRAINS charter....and I am told it hasn't turned a revenue wheel since, having broken down with computer issues on the charter. The other unit,... (more)

On April 17, 1979, my friend Paul Wester and his dad Pete Wester took me on a roadtrip to Horseshoe Curve. Back in those days, climbing over and around the hills there was far more acceptable. Her... (more)