SD 45-2 5663 is just underpassing its own train at the Loop

OI-9 masquerades as a heavy westbound freight led by a pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s (NS 1703/1704). In reality OI-9 led a reverse move of CSX northbound Q434-05 out of Oak Island Yard t... (more)

Westbound TOFC rounding the loop, over tunnel #9

Rare bird A former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 now calls the CSX REDI training center home, the unit is far from its original home in the northeast. These units were unusual in their larger fuel... (more)

A westbound mty hopper train rolls off NS trackage rights at Big Stone Gap during a light snow fall.

A pair of Clinchfield SDs at the shop in Dante, VA in 1979.

Looking between leafless trees, I find a nice vantage point for POWA crossing the river. It's getting more and more common to see mainline freights around here without any locomotives painted in ... (more)

CRR SD45-2 3618 working the yard at Dante, VA on a hazy September day in 1977.

At an evening in summer 1977, a westbound ATSF freight crosses the Colorado river at Topock, leading unit is SD45-2 5687

Looks like the field is ready for planting