Fifteen SD45s (516-530) were ordered for the CB&Q as the BN merger was coming together in 1968 and were delivered in January 1969, in pre-merger BN green and white Livery. BN renumbered them 6457... (more)

A westbound Penn Central freight on the former Boston & Albany gets underway out of the station at Springfield, MA, following a crew change. The power is an SD45/GP40/U33B/U25B lashup.

The local turn to Townsend, MT from Helena returns from Townsend, climbing Winston Hill near the top, powered by SD45 346 and a GP9.

A old and dirty Rio Grande SD-45 5336 leads a westbound Union Pacific coal train down Cajon Pass towards San Bernardino.

Dusty SDs (a 45 and a 35) lead an eastbound freight out of Opelika and toward Columbus, GA.

Led by Santa Fe EMD SD45 No. 5387, an eastbound AT&SF freight prepares to make a set out at Bellemont, Arizona, on April 21, 1990.

WC 6534 has some leased DMIR power in the consist as it leads train #2 thru Winnebago, WI in December of 1992.

Susquehanna Sea-Land stack train NTV-9 stands next to the former D&H depot in Binghamton, New York, apparently waiting for a crew. Two as-yet unrepainted ex-Burlington Northern SD45’s provide th... (more)

SP 9072 west has stopped for a red signal at Sandcut in order to let the Santa Fe 5351, which is pulling the hot 199 intermodal train, to run around it.

Southern manifest waits for a signal.

Great Northern SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" plows the North Shore Scenic Railroad line prior to the arrival of DEEX coal cars for temporary winter storage. Number 400 is owned by the Great N... (more)

Saw this train - and its unusual power - out my office window in downtown Auburn, but could not leave work (and could not have overtaken 145, anyway), so called my wife, who was at our home right ... (more)