VAUGHN NM Sept 3 1983 — Santa Fe C30-7 8165 passes a signal with a TOFC train. GE built the unit (s/n 44079) in December 1982 with black on white number boards, a roof-mounted air conditioning u... (more)

FRVR 4508 approaches the yard in Fond Du Lac, WI in January of 1993. Overshadowed by its' more glamorous neighbor, the Wisconsin Central, the FRVR was a favorite of mine and other C&NW fans.

High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

The C&O 4008 leads the Georgia Washington at Lee Hall, eighteen miles out of Newport News. We are now following the C&O on its westerly course paralleling the James River to Richmond, VA on Se... (more)

BN 1882 and 1874 sit side by side between assignments at the engine tracks at Tacoma, WA. Both are of NP heritage and feature steam bells on the short hoods, an NP signature.

BN 205 sports a fresh coat of paint at Auburn Yard, Auburn, WA. The SW1200 was built as NP 146 in February 1957, and would survive the BNSF merger becoming BNSF 3540.

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

Milwaukee Road's Newport Tower stood along the heavily trafficked Milwaukee Road & Burlington Northern joint mainlines just east (south) of Pig's Eye and Dayton Bluff yards in St. Paul. The Rock I... (more)

GOFFS CA Sept 8 1983 — ATSF C30-7 8091 accelerates under a mostly sunny sky. GE built the unit (s/n 42402) in May 1979 with an air conditioning unit mounted in the nose, 74:18 gear ratio and pai... (more)

AMARILLO TX Sept 24 1988 — Santa Fe C30-7 8065 and BNSF SD40-2 6786 are serviced and ready to go on the next available train. GE built the unit (s/n 42376) in April 1979 with an air conditioning... (more)

A quartet of grimy Southern Pacific SDs roll through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

CANYON TX July 6 1986 — ATSF C30-7 8025 is in charge of a TOFC train on the Transcon. GE built the unit (s/n 41692) in March 1978 with an air conditioning unit mounted in the nose, 74:18 gear ra... (more)