RCPE's Mankato to Aurora turn heads west out of Cobden.

C&NW 6847 (SD40-2) arrives back at the Main Pavilion after a "Take the Throttle" run during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

PUEBLO CO Aug 23 1981 -- BN SD40-2s 7287 and 7286 await an assignment while sitting in the engine facility. EMD built the 7287 in April 1980. My photo

The legendary GTW 5936 undergoes scheduled maintenance in the former "J" Roundhouse at Kirk Yard. The 5936 is the Last Blue and Orange GTW Six Axel unit in original paint. I say Original referenci... (more)

On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.

CSX 1707 leads the CA-11 westbound approaching Center Square Rd.

A single CSX SD40-2 leads W047 South into Polkton in the last rays of sun bound for Russell, Kentucky.

PUEBLO CO July 25 1984 — Burlington Northern SD40-2 6363 was built by EMD (b/n 5812-16) in May 1972 as Colorado & Southern 915. My photo.

Once plentiful on the NW and Southern RR, the number of operable high hood SD40s remaining is now reportedly in the single digits. I caught this survivor assigned to switching Oakwood yard's westb... (more)

Nothing too exciting, just NS 1628 getting serviced at Oakwood on a Saturday morning.

NS 1628 is seen working the RCO job with a cut of autos at the west end of Oakwood Yard outside Detriot, MI.

Operations were a bit unsettled in the months following the CSX and NS split and takeover of Conrail. Due to a backlog of trains and a shortage of crews on the River Subdivision, certain low-prio... (more)

8057 was found leading three other CSX SD40-2s on Conrail ALCS west out of Allentown Yard.

MEC SD40-2 3403 which is the lead locomotive for RJ-1 sits next to the CSX geometry train in Rotterdam Junction. RJ-1 would head down to the Scotia Industrial Park, where they would set out two un... (more)

A pair of ITSX EMD's shove a cut of intermodal cars into a departure track at the intermodal facility that is part of BNSF's Alliance Yard complex in Haslet, Texas. This units are operated by In-T... (more)