SP 9815 and EMD Lease 7011 demonstrate their power as they lift a heavy manifest train up the grade at Woodford siding, below Tehachapi Loop.

An assortment of Rio Grande power at the diesel service area on a beautiful July morning.

As night falls, an empty BNSF coal train, with CP 8781and BNSF 8045 on the point, waits for a new crew from Clovis, NM to arrive at Lariat, Texas. The train will then head north and get on the BN... (more)

CSX 2666 and CSX 6897 wait to have their fuel tanks filled before starting their task of switching cars in the Wildwood yard.

Checking the fuel level on the CSX 6897. The process of filling the fuel tank took about an hour, with the Savage fuel truck driver checking the fuel level multiple times. When the tank was full... (more)

FEC 800 leads LNG fuel tender 300, and GE 3000 south across the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne.

FEC 704 leads FEC 704 and FEC 715 north across the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne. It is rare now to see a solid set of three EMD SD40-2s leading a high priority train on the FEC.

A small opening on the fireman's side of the smoke box reveals a welder doing more restoration work inside the big Northern. The society restoring the Santa Fe 2926 hopes to have the big Northern ... (more)

Early morning over Union Pacific's Davidson yard. To the left, a grain train has just arrived in the yard, while more cars are pushed over the hump. The 13 locomotives next to the hump include F... (more)

It is a very cold, clear and quiet night as the WAMX 3536 display the special "Texas Tech University" paint scheme.

It is a very cold, clear and quiet night as GMTX 2123 idles next to a set of old SP and UP SD45s.

The big 80 inch drivers on the Santa Fe Northern 2926. Note the words "Baldwin Disc" on each wheel. The society restoring the 2926 hopes to have the big Northern's drivers moving under its own ste... (more)

She is all ready to roll. The completely restored Santa Fe 2926 tender sits in the shed, waiting for the locomotive restoration to be completed. The society restoring the 2926 hopes to have the ... (more)

After four days of freezing cold and rain, the sun has come out, giving the crew that is restoring Santa Fe Northern 2926 an opportunity to work on the big locomotive. Safety is heavily stressed ... (more)

View inside the firebox of Santa Fe Northern 2926 show some of the work that is going into restoring the locomotive. The tender has already been restored and the society hopes to have the locomot... (more)