A pair of big V-20 SD45-2s and an SD40-2 lead a southbound loaded rock train through a dipsy-doo and into a curve at Hoyte, texas, approaching Milano. The SD45-2's spent their last years in servic... (more)

Northbound train arrives at Alliance Yard in Haslet, Texas, at Sunset.

The Last SD45-2 running on the CSX leads a westbound weed spray train into CSX Rose Lake Yard off the former Conrail .

Westbound Night Gas Local with MRL SD45-2s 355, 331, and 382 at Ravalli, MT on MRL's 10th Sub.

Eastbound Day Gas Local with MRL SD45-2s 382, 331, and 355 along the Flathead River approaching Perma, MT on MRL's 10th Sub.

Eastbound Day Gas Local with MRL SD45-2s 382, 331, and 355 between Perma and Dixon, MT on MRL's 10th Sub.

A Santa Fe manifest is desending the grade from the Tehachapi range into Mojave during a break in the storm.

I find it fitting that the one and only train I saw on the 10 year anniversary of the split of Conrail would be a set of ex-CR SD45-2s. NS 1705 (ex-CR 6666), which was always my favorite Conrail e... (more)

A four-unit set of BNSF SD45-2's idle on the servicing track at Temple, Texas, the home for most of BNSF's remaining V20 EMD's, used largely on rock service in Central Texas.

Dinosaurs on the eve of extinction, former Santa Fe SD45-2's 6480/6512 await the departure from North Yard Fort Worth on a transfer to Alliance Yard in March, 2007.

Under powered and over tonnaged MRL's Night Gas was forced to take "The River," otherwise known as the 4th Sub along the Clark Fork. With two classic SD45-2s leading the way into the western sun c... (more)

Santa Fe Bicentennial SD45-2 5702 shows off its rear end while a troublesome SD45-2 is cut out of the consist, delaying the high priority "Super C" in Barstow, California, on July 20, 1975.

Under A Big Sky: Montana Rail Link SD45-2 382 leads an SD70ACe and the Day Gas along the Flathead River near Knowles, Montana on the morning of May 18, 2009. With clear skies and a classic EMD lea... (more)