SP 8232 leads Rio Grande 3104 out of tunnel 3 on Tehachapi Pass.

SP and Rio Grand tunnel motors idle on the pads at dusk. This is SP's Roseville engine facility looking southeast on a late fall evening.

NECR 3317 leads 608X north through downtown Stafford Springs. I usually don’t like G&W leaders, but usually unless it’s on an ethanol 6 axles don’t venture south of Palmer.

NECR 608X heads north past Plains road in Tolland with 3317 leading. I usually don’t like G&W painted leaders, but usually unless it’s on an ethanol 6 axles don’t venture south of Palmer. An... (more)

NECR 608X prepares to head north from Willimantic as the sun starts to peak over the horizon. I usually don’t like G&W painted leaders, but usually unless it’s on an ethanol 6 axles don’t ve... (more)

Under threatening skies, Rio Grande and UP power leads an SP eastbound over the westbound main at Rocklin, CA. The eastbound is on the "uphill" track, installed in the early part of the... (more)

With temperatures well below freezing, a quartet of Rio Grande tunnel motors pull an eastbound UP manifest through Golconda, NV. The line follows the circuitous route of the meandering and bracki... (more)

As a Santa Fe westbound rolls downhill with coiled steel near the head end, an SP work train waits to exit the short siding. Up to the early 1980s, both the north and shorter south siding were con... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River just west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, on Rio Grande’s original mainline route through the Royal Gorge and over Tennessee Pass on Septem... (more)

With the reopening of the Hackensack River Trestle, road freight SU99 once again originates at the MC Yard in Bogota and Ridgefield Park, N.J. Local crew WS3 is assembling the road freight with t... (more)

SD40T-2 8331 leads a motley selection of power around the horseshoe curve at Caliente - C30-7 CRL 529, GP40 DRGW 3149 and F40PH AMTK 282.

"Friday Night Lights"

The tri-weekly SU-99 that originates in Ridgefield Park, NJ sits in the MC yard on an overcast Friday evening before heading west to Binghamton, N... (more)

An assortment of EMD power from all of the "Modern Alphabet Route" railroads leads a coke train into Buffalo by the location formerly known as FW Tower. The Wheeling & Lake Erie, the All... (more)

SP's loaded Shell Oil Train roars up the stiff and curving grade at the west end of Bealville. Note that all power on the head end is EMD tunnel motors. The train weighs in at approximately 10,000... (more)