Eastbound loaded coal train in Asheville heading for the Saluda Grade behind SD45 #3167 in this April 1983 scene.

A trio of six axle EMDs lead an eastbound coal train through Asheville, NC || October 1975

Southern Railway SD45 #3158 and SD40-2's #3271 & 3318 lead Southern Railway westbound train #135. #3158 was built November 1967 and later became Norfolk Southern #3158

an eastbound intermodal train grinds it's way up Cajon Pass rounding Sullivans Curve above Cajon station

a pair of cosecutively numbered EL SD45's with train wait at busy Pullman Jct for it's turn to cross the numerous diamonds and railroad that pass through

A couple of railfans take a break as SP 9130 leads five more EMD SD-40s and SD-45s west up the hill towards the summit in Cajon Pass.

A multi-unit helper assists an eastbound negotiating the tight curves and steep grade at the west end of Bealville. You can just see the red warninig light on a westbound waiting in the siding. In... (more)

eastbound and westbound EL trains meet at Pullman Junction on the south side of Chicago

An SD-45 leads three, four-axle GEs on a northbound TOFC hot shot approaching Acca Yard. The train has just crossed the James River.

SF SD45 B unit 5502 sits alone in Barstow yard.

Santa Fe SD45 B unit 5501 is in consist at San Bernardino.

The road crossing tower was still in operation 24 & 7 on this date as a fast manifest freight rolls west on the former NKP.

Approaching the outskirts of Coulee City and the end of the line, a former MRL SD45 is leading a mixed group of power and about 50 cars to load there. This unit was built for the Penny in 1968 and... (more)

A set of power at the yard in the early morning. C&NW was the only road to have ordered SD45's without dynamic brakes. Kodachrome II film with a Miranda G camera.

Man, they ran long trains, usually with far more power because you almost never arrived with all the original units running. Like a period to a good sentence, the caboose provided punctuation to ... (more)