The "Rail Net" brings 26 cars through Grand Ridge, bound for interchange with the NS at Streator.

The Illinois Railway's Job 106 leads 21 cars through the small town of Grand Ridge, bound for Streator. IR 7444 and 3500 provide the power, making for a cool lash-up.

IR SD45R 7444 and IR GP35 3500 smoke it up southbound, as engineer Vahey puts the hammer down, approaching a small grade.

Santa Fe 5363 East roars through the big cut at West Perrin on the Williams-Crookton Line Relocation.

As an SP engineer inspects and makes ready his helper power in the spur at Bena, a Santa Fe eastbound comes down the hill from Sandcut behind his locomotives in the fading light.

As the desert sun sets, a 10,000-ton coal train off the UP at Barstow roars up the stiff grade out of Mojave into the Tehachapi Mountains. The coal train is headed for a cogenerator in the San Joa... (more)

Where less than a week before tired ex-SP SD45's held sway, a new era had begun on the Utah Railway in early May, 1991, with the arrival of 13 Morrison-Knudsen "MPI" SD40 rebuilds, which worked un... (more)

IR SD45 7444 ducks under CB&Q signals at West Eola with its recently installed gyralight in action. I can't think of any other railroad where one can shoot gyralight equipped SD45s under these cla... (more)

Remembering B&P's SD45's. It was nice while they lasted!

The San Gabriel mountains provide the backdrop for a quartet of Southern Pacific power, as they lead a freight on the climb up Cajon Pass.

Illinois Railway's Job 107 makes an unsual daylight appearance over the Ottawa line, as the lines newly aquired SD45R, 7444, rolls along at 10mph. The train skirts the Fox River just south of Os... (more)

IR SD45R 7444, a tunnel motor and one of the HBR SD50s lead the 107 job over the Fox River.

Four big SD's lead an eastbound SP manifest off the Great Salt Lake fill at Saline, returned to terra firma after a dozen miles "at sea." Visible in the distance are the hills and microwave tower ... (more)

From a few thousand feet above the ground, it's difficult to tell where the Great Salt Lake ends and the horizon begins. One of three work trains dumping rock in a furious effort to win back the s... (more)