DH train passing under EL Starucca Viaduct

UP and WP GE's pull this Fast Ford near Belden CA. Photo by Mel Lawrence.

A five unit lash up of U30C's consisting on units 2818, 2827, 2815, 2814 and 2811 roll through the California desert. No photographer name on slide.

A pair of UP U30C's along with a couple of CNW units pull a coal train over track 3, also known as the Harriman Cutoff. This is a longer less steeper grade and is about to rejoin the original mai... (more)

A meet at Granger , WY between an ore train and a reefer train. Photo part of my collection but no photographer name listed on slide.

A trio of Kaiser Steel U30Cs (the heaviest U30Cs ever built) bring a load of iron ore down from the Eagle Mountain Mine. Owned by Kaiser Steel, the Eagle Mountain Railroad connected the mine (and ... (more)

Soo 802 looking none the worse for wear(except for a couple broken windows) sits in storage at Neenah. The big U-boats were never very popular on EMD dominated Soo and ended up with a short life. ... (more)

A pair of nearly new CNW U-boats at Minneapolis in the summer of 68. Slide came from R. Wallin years ago. Photographer T. Smart.

A downturn in coal traffic along with newer SD40-2's and C30-7's on the scene have sent many of BN's U30C's into storage. Pictured here at the 31st St. locomotive facility, are a multitude of unit... (more)

Unlike Soo Line employees who almost unanimously detested GE U30C's, the WC employees(a fairly large percentage of which had worked for other RR's and were more accustomed to U-boats) didn't seemi... (more)

Sitting beneath a blue hour sky on an Independence Day morning is the Patriotic DOT 001, a GE U30C built for the TTCI test center and was used for powering their subway car test tracks. No longer... (more)

LS&I 3006 leads a dusty sister and 60 loads upgrade passing the CN connection at Empire Junction. Big time LS&I action at its best with barking Boats, sand flying along with dust blowing off the w... (more)

A D&H U30C and an ALCO are pushing hard on the rear of a D&H train near Ninevah

There is no mistaking the commodity hauled by the LS&I - taconite (iron ore) pellets.