Typical hot and humid south Texas railfanning. Having eyed this set all afternoon amongst 3 other power sets laying over, we waited until the outbound crew of the 545 started out of the e/f, wanti... (more)

Back then it was a treat to get transcon power down in east Texas

A new SCL U36C has been serviced at the RF&P's Bryan Park Terminal in Richmond, Virginia and is ready for its next southbound trip.

EL eastbound rolls past evidence of an earlier derailment.

ATSF 8750 slips through the Mojave Narrows just west of Victorville.

Homer, CA. Unfortunately no Marge.

Santa Fe U36C #8758 and B36-7 #7488 pose in front of the Old Barstow Diesel Shop.

Amid spring wildflowers that are one of the hallmarks of Tehachapi Pass, an eastbound intermodal train led by a U36C negotiates the tight curves between tunnel 10 and Marcel.

A long eastbound pig train that is still exiting tunnel 10, approaches Marcel's east switch with Bear Mountain in the distance.

An eastbound reefer block chugs up the South Main as it waits for a hot pig train to run around it.

With dusk descending on the Tehachapi Mountains, a slight mist is falling at tunnel 2 as a manifest with seven locomotives up front pound the heavy air with their exhaust, the headlight of the lea... (more)

With its staccato exhaust echoing off the desert floor, Santa Fe U36C 8706 attacks the eastern slope of Cajon Pass.

Santa Fe SF30C 9519, seen here at Los Angeles' Hobart Yard, was originally U36C 8734. The unit was rebuilt as an SF30C in January 1986.

Conrail freight from Saucon Yard, is seen crossing W. 3rd Street, just after the sun went away. We are looking east on the former RDG's Bethlehem Branch. Much of W. 3rd Street has since been ra... (more)