Just before a late afternoon thunderstorm U33C's 8511 and 8512 spliced by U30CG 8005 roll past the main street of Fort Madison with an eastbound mixed manifest. These big GE's were getting pretty ... (more)

Just another typical day along the Burlington Northern Railroad in the summer of 1978. That U33C up front is former Northern Pacific; the Southern Pacific SD45T-2 was one of several see frequently... (more)

Snow has fallen all the way down to the Dike siding in Devore on Cajon Pass, as SP 8688 sets out the UP 3387 on the main. Later, the train will pull forward and the helper crew will attach the UP... (more)

This was supposedly the last Lanesboro detour train before the remnants of the old Penn Division were forever abandoned. The first train to go thru the rebuilt tunnel at Tunnel, NY would depart Bi... (more)

Once a 100% Alco railroad, the D&H turned GE for new power after Alco's demise purchasing U30Cs, U33Cs and U23Bs. In 1976, the D&H turned to EMD, inheriting some Reading (GP39-2) and Lehigh Valle... (more)

An SP eastbound roars through Ordway on the west side of Beaumont Hill.

Just after sunrise, four big SP U-boats lead a hot eastbound pig train at tunnel 2.

The helper on an eastbound SP manifest fills the Loop with exhaust as it exits tunnel 9.

On a beautiful summer's morning, a westbound BN manifest takes the bridge across Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint. On the point are an ex-NP U33C and C&S SD40-2, the former with its distinctive red ... (more)

BN 5747 and C&S 903 eastbound at Grand Crossing with 54 cars of TOFC/COFC at 14:30 on Sept. 22, 1979. The train is swinging around the west side of North La Crosse yard on what probably was the ol... (more)

NP 3300, one of ten that the road bought before the BN merger rests somewhere on the system. I took a guess it was out west, but really have no idea where it was shot. No information at all on th... (more)

D&H U33C No. 755 was undergoing an overhaul at the Colonie Shop in Watervliet, NY on Sept. 14, 1976. It was one of those pleasant late summer days and I guess the workers figured they could enjoy... (more)

Something just doesn't look "right" with BN U33C 5749, a rare sight in the northwest leading sister 5758 on a 102-car train #396 just west of Wishram. Can you tell what it is? Mount Hood looms ove... (more)

More from that first roll of film John shot at Galesburg after transfer to the midwest: the class unit #8500 leads a westbound past the approach to GI after curving past the depot and crossing W. ... (more)