A pair of EMD's are serviced at Butler. The 3000-series SD40 rebuilds have been replacing the beloved SD45's like 452.

A beaten looking ex Southern Pacific motor, now living its days as a leaser, leads a train of empty autoracks

With more than 41 years of continuous service on the UP, SD40-2 3151 kicks a cut of cars at the top end of North Yard in Salt Lake City. This elderly EMD (still wearing its original road number) w... (more)

I left Colorado for Alaska on 4.18.11 and spent my first night in Laurel, MT. I was fortunate to see the LM departing Laurel so I had a travel companion across western Montana, well at least as fa... (more)

I left Colorado for Alaska on 4.18.11 and spent my first night in Laurel, MT. I was fortunate to see the LM departing Laurel so I had a travel companion across western Montana, well at least as fa... (more)

After assembling their train for most of the morning in the East Yard, the Longmont Switch led by a former SD45-2 pulls up down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont, CO, so they can realign the... (more)

A short AVR train heads back to Glenwood. A longer AVR freight came through about five minutes later - never thought I'd see back to back trains on the W&P!

A local returns to Helena making good time as the sun sets on this day.....

A view that very few people ever get to see is that from on the nose of the first SD40 ever built, let alone with a Leslie S5T on top. The horn is present here for an initial "fitting" as part of ... (more)

The Island Avenue turn snakes it's way through a snowy downtown Pittsburgh

A fully stocked Pueblo Yard is active this morning with the Minnequa local building its train, and other BNSF moves occurring all over.

After setting a bad ordered flat car off at maintenance, the power for the yard returns to building trains. Directly above 1719, the "Hill Cut" job that runs to Evraz Steel and the Vestas plant is... (more)

3 orange beauties haul an empty train towards Newell yard.

Two "Operation: Lifesaver" locomotives sit back to back in the morning sun including NS 5317 and IC 6071. Both are on display for Monticello Railway Museum's Railroad Days event.