Restored and recently donated Southern Railway SD40 No. 3170 is accompanied by TAG GP38 No. 80 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum on the night before Railfest 2016.

NEWMAN KS Sept 26 1979 -- UP SD40 3104 handles a mixed freight. According to utahrails.net it was built in September 1971 and retired Jan 30 1989.

EMPORIA KS June 1976 -- Santa Fe SD40 5003, SD45 5567 and SD40 class unit 5000 await a new crew as the rear end crew of another train boards their caboose.

Digging out from President's Day weekend blizzard that covered the whole Pacific Northwest and western Canada, CN 5233 gets its empty grain train underway at Boston Bar, BC. Neighboring highway 1 ... (more)

Guilford-Maine Central EMD SD40 No.602, Ex-Detroit Edison SD40 No.006

The TAG unit and TVRM's newest addition, 3170 (SOUTHERN) sit at TVRM for Railfest.

A freshly repainted SD40. VLSX 5232 may be the only 'straight' ex-CN SD40 still in service. It was repainted out of its faded zebra stripes during the past couple of months and sports a pai... (more)

CN 5085 and mate wait out a winter storm at Boston Bar, BC. The two non-dynamic brake SD40s will handle an empty grain train east in the morning.

DWP SD40's #5905 and #5911 soak up the last rays of sunshine at Pokegama Yard near the Twin Ports in Sept. of 1987.

During its last month of work, NS 3170 is moving a cut of cars around Andrews Yard. Shortly after departing from Columbia, news broke that the 3170 would be headed to Tennessee where it will live... (more)

A salute to our troops! A loaded military train heads east thru the junction at St. Francis, WI in December of 1985. I believe this train from Camp McCoy was heading for training exercises.

Summit Snow in '76

Cresting Cajon Pass on a snowy March 5, 1976, is a Santa Fe eastbound piggyback train. Santa Fe SD40 5002 in on the point, followed by F45 5913 and a pair of SD45... (more)

Turning the Tables

Southern Pacific SD40E 7342 is turned on the turntable in San Luis Obispo, California, in preparation for the next day's service as a helper on the steam-powered <... (more)

How I Spent My Third Wedding Anniversary (Thanks, Honey!)

After assisting the World's Fair Daylight (N... (more)

The daily Escalante Western train returns to the Plains-Escalante Generating Station with coal from the Lee Ranch Mine, located near Grants, New Mexico, The generating station, mine, and train are... (more)