On a warm Labor Day afternoon, CSO-4 crawls its way towards Hartford yard with old vet SD40 3398 leading.

SOO was a big buyer of the basic 40s. This one is hauling freight train Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Utah Railway 9003 and 9004 are really getting the lead out. It's actual a pretty substantial grade on the Garfield, and Bingham Branches. The Utah Railway RUT310 goes across the two branches on t... (more)

Bozeman Local The Bozeman Local slugs it out up the 1.8% grade on the east slope of Bozeman Pass. The Absaroka Mountain Range overshadows the train, and the ever growing "suburbs"... (more)

Southern Serves the South!! Earlier in the day, NS 786 arrived in to Columbia with it's usual at the time trio of NS ES40DCs leading. But 4th out, was the recently refurbished NS 3170 p... (more)

All three railroads that were consolidated into Chessie System being represented by separate locomotives in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard. While 6512 and 5940 are owned by DGVR which operate... (more)

The Swapping High Hood Meet Up. It was an ironically odd pairing when Norfolk Southern SD40 3170 (née-Southern Railway/SOU 3170, 4/1971) was visiting the Southeastern Railway Museum (SRM/S... (more)

Alton & Southern 2044 get's ready to shove back to pick up a line of cars to trim.

Guard Rail Shot along Wawawai Road. Watco moves a westbound train along the banks of Snake River. Power on the evening train is Watco SD40 4159 ex Canadian National 5007 built in 9/1967 a... (more)

Two pushers return east thru the familiar twin tunnels. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Empties headed back to Andover and more coal. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Back when business was good enough for Utah Railway, they would run two trains. Utah Railway SD40's 9002, 9003, and 9010. Climb up the Price River Canyon with a loaded late afternoon coal train.

When they were new and shiny. Utah Railway 9011, 9002, 9007, and 9001 roll down Spanish Fork Canyon. This is near the abandon town of Thistle. The eastern end of the new grade called Rio.

Utah Railway 9006, and three friends have made it down the canyon with another loaded coal train.

A matching set of Utah Railway SD40's make there way up the canyon. It was so exciting when Utah Railway got locomotives again in there own paint scheme. Utah Railway 9011, 9002, 9007, and 9001.