A soon-to-be scrapped ex-Southern SD40 at Cresson.

A rare occurrence where an over and under of two trains was possible on the Montana Rail Link happened for a relatively short period of time in 2009. The track that SD40-2XR no. 263 is on was rebu... (more)

Leading a coal train north, L&N C-Cs from all three builders team up with an Alco C630 recently transferred from sister road SCL.

It's hot, the haze hugs the trees, the "jarflies" are buzzing in the trees as smells of diesel exhaust, cratering grease and creosote waft from the old engine terminal. The whole place seems to b... (more)

Two of the several SD40's that are Cresson Iron & Metal sit awaiting their fate that will be coming to an end very shortly.

The setting sun glints off the power on a Southern Pacific eastbound at Walnut, California, on October 18th, 1980. Power for this train is SD40R 7302 (ex-SD40 8422), SD40T-2 8517, GP40-2 7616 and... (more)

The Southern Pacific Railroad was an official sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. As such, they promoted the Games with a special paint scheme applied to SD40R 73... (more)

An SP set of locomotives visits Clyde yards.

Westbound manifest.

One of the beautiful Georges Creek Railway units done up in old school WM paint and details.These will haul coal on original WM rails in Maryland in the future. Photo taken On MEI property with pe... (more)

Fort Worth & Western SD40-2 2016, the "Sundance Kid," was built as Southern Pacific SD40 8449, later renumbered SP 7353 and then sold to NREX as their 7353.

WC 6001, 2402, 6002 thunder east with 109 cars near Theresa. The 6001 was the only SD40 on the WC roster.

GTW 5930, 4622, CN 9433 head east with CN train 412 near Dafter. The CN GP40's were common power in Upper Michigan at the time along with "grey ghost" SD40-3's, but the straight GTW SD and Geep we... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

NS 112 highballs west through Glenvar behind an assortment of power. "Straight" SD40, former SOU 3178, is leading today. I was always a fan of these old motors, as well as the N&W 1500's and 1600'... (more)