NS 4639 is one of the GP59s to wear the Operation Lifesaver Logo. Here it is seen entering Houston with a train from New Orleans.

SP 9353 sits at the Englewood Diesel Facility shortly after the UP-SP merger.

Santa Fe GP35s 2853 and 2848 were regular visitors to Louisiana on the BNSF's newly acquired section of the Sunset Route. Here they are seen rumbling over fisherman and disturbing the seagulls as... (more)

SP 7787 leads a number of SP motors west across Canal Boulevard as they approach East City Junction.

Fall colors add to the spectrum displayed by the flags guarding the entrance of one of the many underground cold storage facilities in the Kansas City area as BNSF 9988 leads a Thomas Hill coal tr... (more)

Framed by the back door of BN caboose 12041, BN SD40-2 6784 can be seen sharing the same track as it awaits is next assignment to shove a train up Marias Pass.

Looking forward from the cupola of BN caboose 12041, we can see that the motor of our short work train is about to pass approach signal 1106.02 and enter one of several snow sheds on the pass.

View of the bridge at Glacier Park East from BN 2919. Note the walkway replacement work which our train has brought timbers for.

While stopped at Glacier Park to unload ties, I use BN 2919's walkway as the vantage point for this shot of the river far below.

End of train device BNQ 11582 hangs onto BN caboose 12041 for dear life as concrete crossties and ballast blur by. This shot is from the rear platform of the caboose on the Essex work train as we... (more)

BNSF 1122 is fairly new as it sits in lonely Shelby, Montana with some M/W equipment.

EMD 9010, BN 5525, BN 5536, and EMD 9084 are about to be ousted as kings of coal as the AC's are just beginning to arrive in force when this photo was taken.

View from the east shore of Bay St. Louis at the Gulf Coast Limited prepares to land.

Looking forward from the conductor's side window of Amtrak F40PH 388, we can see the stop signal at Bay St. Louis Draw Bridge, possibly a result of the rain.

A look at the control stand of Amtrak 388 reveals we are stopped as required by the Stop signal indication we have received at the Bay St. Louis Draw Bridge on this rainy day.