BNSF's twice a week northbound Pikes Peak Local climbs out of Monument, CO towards the Palmer Divide

sounthbound coal train Palmer Lake, CO

eastbound UP stack passing westbound approach cantilever signal at west end of double track on UP Gila Sub in Dome Valley twenty miles east of Yuma, AZ

westbound UP manifest train passing Kinter siding located along UP Gila Sub twenty miles east of Yuma, AZ

less than year old UP SD40-2 with pooled power leads a hotshot east up Cajon Pass out of one of the two Alray tunnels

another view of the worst accident on Santa Fe's then Harbor District which runs from near downtown Los Angeles, CA to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles happened when juveniles lined a switc... (more)

a pair of TPW GP35's on trade in ALCO trucks sits at TPW East Peoria, IL engine facility

a Santa Fe transfer run and an SP Local wait side by side at Main Line tower for a lineup into SP's busy Los Angeles Taylor Yard

westbound UP DD35 A-B-B power climbing through Hesperia, CA on Santa Fe trackage rights

westbound Santa Fe Corona Local on 3M spur at MP 2 of old Elsinore District

Santa Fe's only trio of B39's leads eastbound LA to Kansas City vehicle train 863 through Santa Fe Springs, CA

a westbuond Santa Fe train on SP trackage rights is beginning it's descent toward a crew change at Bakersfield approaching Cable Xover

just like a model railroad this is what happens when you pull with too much power on a sharp curve. The phenomenum is called "stringlining or straight lining". The MWARBAR had been separated at a ... (more)

single roster shot from a set of four matched SD35's being used in LA area "hauler" service at SP Dolores yard Carson, CA

just another typical run of the mill northbound BNSF coal empty approached Greenland, CO on this beautiful clear day in the neighborhood