A magical time on the UP during those days, because none of us hard core UP fans (old UP, mind you) NEVER thought we would see the Centennials ever turn a wheel again. Every train that had a Jack... (more)

All the train on the trestle...almost. CNW's Shoshone local returns from the great westerlands of Wyoming on a (none other than) windy spring day. Not uncommon by this time to see just 1-3 cars.

Chasing this guy made me hungry; got the world's best fried chicken at Franklin's fried chicken not 6 blocks from here...

Big time Santa Fe! With Clovis in it's rear view, this guy has already accelerated to 60 mph, and is about to set throttle to idle for setting slight dynamics for the 40mph curve at Texico, which... (more)

Empty hoppers making a run for the diamond at Fostoria to get a spot in between the hordes of CSX movements.

Not rare, but uncommon back then to see U18Bs this far north, as a general rule.

TV8, Mail8 and Mail8M were the first 3 eastbound pickings of a normal day from Butler, Indiana and east, due to first shooting light. They did not waste time....

Back then the Katy was the least of the photographed lines around Houston; lots was going on with UP/MP merger, and SFF/SP pending merger. The SD40-2s were holding down grain trains at this time.

Back then the Katy was the least of the photographed lines around Houston; lots was going on with UP/MP merger, and SFF/SP pending merger. They were an afterthought.

Kodachromes were cleaner on the Santa Fe....

Switching the north end of the yard. Don't even know what paint version designation this is...lol.

Before it was a B40-8, it was a B39-8. Here it was, almost new and in between thunderstorms, at the Englewood yard "mudge pocket" (look at the dirt/ballast to see where they got the word mudge fr... (more)

The Tilden job and the Hill job both are at East Eagle Mills; the Tilden has just returned from Tilden mine with loads, while the Hill job pumps air for the descent into Marquette to drop their tr... (more)