Two former BN/BNSF SD9s are now in service switching the Columbia Grain elevator in Berea, ND just outside of Valley City.

Former DM&IR SD9 155 showing its fresh low nose as applied by new owner ILS. It was later repainted into a nice maroon and gold scheme similar to classic Soo Line.

A pair of BN SD9s pass by an idled laker in Superior.

The engineer has both the honors of running the train and throwing the switches.Here the engineer of an AW&W coal train aligns the switch at Collinsworth before getting back on his train near Ca... (more)

Nevada Northern SD9 pulls out of the enginehouse, heading into the yard to pick up the day's excursion train.

Three DMIR SD9s sit outside the engine shop at Proctor in 1988.

A eastbound manifest is seen passing through the cut railroad east of the siding of Hiland. The lead unit is starting the descent to Colton which the other 5 SD9's will follow

SD9's pulling a coal train in 2009? Yup, we got that! The IERR's pair of former AW&W SD9's lead a southbound empty coal train past a grain storage bin at Kitchel, Indiana, on my new favorite short... (more)

A pair of former AW&W SD9's, now employed by the Indiana Eastern Railroad, lead a southbound empty coal train from the power plant in Richmond through the tiny community of Kitchel, Indiana. The I... (more)

Three Missabe high-hoods on BN for horsepower payback work a switch job at Northtown.

A Homax fuel truck fills the tank of white-faced Burlington Northern SD9 6236 in Casper, Wyoming, on July 11, 1995. This engine emerged from the EMD factory in April 1959 as Colorado & Southern 8... (more)

For only being able to railfan for about 20 minutes while in Missoula for the week, I'll take this one for sure. An Ex DMIR SD9, once in the dead line, is now sitting on one of the roundhouse trac... (more)

Four high hood unit descend Proctor Hill and arrive at Missabe Jct. with limestone empties. Even in 1994, getting four of these high hoods on a single train was a rarity.

Cadillac's galore! Four SP SD-9s sit out the evening at the Albany engine facility. I believe this facility now belongs to G&Ws Portland & Western RR.