On the afternoon of December 28, 1995, a Burlington Northern local freight, arrives at Rochelle, Illinois. The “caboose hop” is powered by BN GP9 No. 1977, a former Spokane, Portland & Seattle... (more)
Self Lighted. Former Norfolk & Western Railway GP9 686 led the Railroad Museum of New England "Litchfield Hills BBQ & Whiskey Train" towards Litchfield, Connecticut on the night o... (more)
Former NP unit. No real idea where. It's been a while.
Former NP unit. I have a weak spot for "torpedo boats". Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.
First generation diesels populate the "Dead Line" in the old Virginian Railway yard in south Roanoke. GP9 888 was built sometime in 1959. GP9 513 was built in November 1958 and was one of the Tusc... (more)
A day before the 2022 Leadville 100 mountain bike race, LC&S 1714 idles at the depot between trips. This line's legacy was as a narrow gauge terminus for the Colorado & Southern, but detached past... (more)
Southern Pacific GP9 3403 (ex-SP subsidiary Texas & New Orleans 403) and GP9E 3370 (ex-SP GP9 3556, née-TNO 434) back into an industrial complex to drop off some box cars as SP's Huntington Be... (more)
The two Turns are swapping cars in Plummer.
In those days we always expected Alcos here and finding a low horsepower EMD B-B was a big surprise. This is the Patio switcher spotting a reefer.
A three-car Montana Rail Link Paradise local scurries eastbound along the Clark Fork at milepost 5 between Plains and Paradise, Montana, on September 25, 2009.
SAN DIEGO CA June 22 1986 — ATSF GP9U 2285 awaits an assignment. My photo.
Former Nickel Plate Road GP9 523, renumbered by new owner Norfolk & Western at Madison, Illinois on November 19, 1966. Photo by John Booker, from my collection.
I&M Rail Link GP9's 124 and 123 rest in front of the defunct Eagle Roller Mill Company power plant in downtown New Ulm MN.
Built in 1956, this GP9 was still hustling freight trains on the BNSF mainline 40 years later in 1996.
Logging railroads on former Milwaukee Road rails with former Milwaukee Road roster. Worth the trip.