WC 7525, a SD45 originally built for Burlington Northern, sits tucked away in an engine line at the Illinois Railway Museum during Showcase Weekend.

Tom Kidd photo.

Recently shopped ABBA set of SD45u's at San Bernardino. SD45u 5375/SD45Bu 5502/SD45Bu 5501/SD45u 5376.

The scrappers are in the middle of cutting up a group of Wisconsin Central locomotives at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as seen on Christmas day 1994. The cab of EMD SD45 No. 6655 now sits on the ... (more)

A Rio Grande SD45 leads five Southern Pacific units on a mixed freight moving on the BN's Racetrack. Tom Golden photo.

BLU T31 rolls through quiet residential area on its way east to Asheville.

WAMX 4204 leads T31 through Coburn while passing empty woodchip cars in storage on its way east to Asheville.

Wisconsin Central train 47 thunders through the snow north of Duplainville, Wisconsin, and is about to pass over Weyer Road grade crossing on a wintery February 12, 1994.

Easing along, an interesting consist. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler. Note that Manufacturers Railway insulated boxcar in the background. It proves that it’s okay to raise the roof if it means you ... (more)

No dynamic brakes “burglar alarm” bell. Not the way I would have go but hey, it’s interesting so vive la difference. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

With an SD45 on the point, Buffalo & Pittsburgh RISI heads north through Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania as a torrential summer rain storm opens up. A classic B&O CPL guards the Boyer control point, t... (more)

Led by Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 355, MRL’s Bozeman turn approaches the U.S. Highway 89 overpass at Mission east of Livingston, Montana, on July 2, 2019.

Class and style, two things mostly lost in America, still exist at firms proud of their accomplishments. Two stuffEd and mounted units and two old L&N cabeese in a park like setting make a helluv... (more)

Every surface is covered with frost and ice as Wisconsin Central train 39, powered by lone EMD SD45 No. 6521, switches cars at Hermansville, Michigan, on December 28, 1996.

VLIX 3632 sits with some other locomotives on SARM property. 3632 is in a Clinchfield paint scheme. VLIX 1216 (second locomotive) is one of very few remaining L&N SD35's, and the last locomotive i... (more)