My first visit to Denver showcased the look and feel of modern BN road power in the early 1980s, which consisted mostly of SD40-2s and U30C/C30-7s. A few cabless GEs are also lurking plus a few fi... (more)

Union Pacific SD45Ms #60-65 were rebuilt from standard EMD SD45s by Morrison Knudsen at Boise, Idaho, during 1980 to 1982 as a test program using Sulzer 16ASV25R-30 diesel engines from Switzerland... (more)

Foggy night in Escanaba: Sets of Chicago and North Western Alco C-628s slumber the night away at the roundhouse at Escanaba, Michigan, in October 1984. The weather was dismal on this visit to C&NW... (more)

A Southern Pacific SD45R awaits a call to serve at Rio Grande's Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake. Apparently the 7510 was regarded as the 'ACE' at some point in time. Growing up a young kid, t... (more)

A newly rebuilt Amtrak Material Handling Car awaits a call to service at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. The MHCs worked systemwide in general service including bulk mail and baggage handl... (more)

The unmistakable profile of a Union Pacific DDA40X glides through North Yard by the powerhouse in Salt Lake City. The 6923 was built by EMD for the UP in Dec. 1969, and would be traded back to EMD... (more)

Quiet winter day: On a peaceful and snowy day in January 1984, two Alco C628s keep the usual gaggle of GP7s company in the Chicago and North Western engine facility at Butler Yard, Wisconsin.

Heisler 6 blows off some Steam on the Cass Shop Track. Thanks to Joe Gonzalez for lighting.

Built for the Alaska Railroad in the August of 1983 with the original road number pictured above, former ARR 2803 now operated by US Rail sits tied down near the former C&O scale house in the Sout... (more)

NS 8105 (Interstate), 8102 (Pennsylvania), and NS 8103 (Norfolk and Western) sitting in the yard at Bluefield with the Coaling Tower in the frame.

Two generations of EMD coal haulers mingle in the joint Utah Railway - Union Pacific terminal at Provo.

Amtrak road and switch power takes a break at the Rio Grande passenger station on 5th West and Broadway in Salt Lake City. The Amtrak 283 is an EMD F40PH while the 551 is a former Santa Fe SSB1200... (more)

Fresh from the paint shop after rebuilding at DM&IR's Proctor Shop, Bessember 907 comes face-to-face with Missabe sister 409. Both units continue to serve CN today.

The noisy end of a General Electric AC4400CW locomotive at the Union Pacific engine facility at Green River, Wyoming, on February 8, 2007.

Grand Trunk Western power stands among Santa Fe locomotives after pulling an interchange train into Santa Fe’s Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. From left to right are; AT&SF... (more)