An eastbound Rio Grande through freight retrieves a Union Pacific SD45 at Provo Yard. The UP 48 was assigned to work the Sunnyside-Kaiser unit coal train pool out of Helper. Dig that nifty Norfolk... (more)

Westbound N&W train arriving in Roanoke behind SD45 #1706 || November 1971

US highways 6/50 over Soldier Summit are closed by a new-year blizzard howling across the Wasatch Range, but it's railroading as usual for the two crews on a westbound Utah Railway coal drag leavi... (more)

A trio of SD45's--the middle one a tunnel motor version--sand their way up the twisting 2.2% grade through Blue Canyon, Californina, on a 97-car manifest bound for the hump at North Platte. Three ... (more)

During the July 4th week in Virginia, Heritage was not the only focus! After a complete repaint by the paint shop in Chattanooga, NW's Bicentennial SD45 #1776 is seen here posed in front of the o... (more)

D&RGW SD's are being readied for another coal train at Denver's North Yard.

Hey! Wait for me! What you do if you are not sure if you need a helper or not. An SD40/SD45 helper set chase a van train up the hill.

Pushing up Winston Hill: The power for Montana Rail Link’s 840 local out of Helena has the additional duty of helping out a struggling westbound BNSF coal train up Winston Hill west of Townsend, M... (more)

BN's Northtown engine facility was always a fun place to visit (and still is). Lots to see in this shot during a key transition time between first and second generation diesels.

A follow-up image to the Denver shot posted yesterday shows a pair of SD45s leading up their respective consists. The big engines were a treat to see. EMD power dominates in this view.

Southern SD45 #3129 on the point of southbound train #219 at Greensboro, NC || February 1972

An eastbound manifest bursts out of Roseville Tunnel into the sunlight on former Lackawanna rails. The train is minutes away from a meet with the westbound ES-99 Jersey Central run-through. 350mm ... (more)

Hand to Southern Pacific: the phrase "resistiance is futile" would never have entered their mind. It was sheer will and tenacity that kept the Espee open across the rising waters of the Great Salt... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Gas Local heads east along the crystal clear Flathead River west of Perma, Montana, on MRL's 10th Subdivision. The Gas Local carries gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet or aviation ... (more)

Passed over in the GRIP rebuilding program, and sidelined by mechanical failures, SD45 8925 awaits the final call. . .to the junk yard. . .The Hanger Queen languished outside Southern Pacific's Og... (more)