A lone SD9 flying green flags heads west with a mainline local. This is an unusual shot in that, by 1972, Southern's six SD9s and lone SD7 (all inherited from C of G) were generally in captive ser... (more)

The train doesn’t go there anymore — Deadwood, South Dakota. Three BN SD9s were tied up at the end of the branch on Aug. 31, 1979, and the line was later abandoned.

AWW 206 and 205 lead the Richmond Power and Light coal empties eastbound into Cottage Grove, IN for a CSX crew to pick up later that night. On the other end of the train (out of sight) is the INRD... (more)

This late evening look inside the DMIR Proctor shops finds 1967 scheme DMIR 142, a Phase 3 SD9 in the company of SD38ACs, an SD18 and an SDM. By this time it was becoming more difficult to find th... (more)

CBRW 166 and 171 pair up at Warden, WA on the Columbia Basin Railway. The 166 was once Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Phase 4 SD9 166. It was the last Missabe unit in the original color scheme, modi... (more)

DMIR 166, a phase 4 SD9, resists the temptation of the newer arrowhead scheme while waiting with a mix of SD18s, other SD9s and SD38ACs for its next assignment. The yellow vertical stripe on the n... (more)

A group of classic first generation EMDs idle away at Rio Grande's Roper Yard on Friday, July 2, 1976.

Four SDs represent four phases of Missabe power at Duluth's Endion Yard. SD9 143 is a Phase 3 SD9 featuring the original SD9 car body with 48 inch roof fans. Behind it engine 128 is a phase 2, sam... (more)

Winchester & Western leased this SD9 from the Black River & Western for approximately a year. The railroad was looking for larger power than its stable of GP9/10s, and this type seemed like a nat... (more)

My 1,000th photograph! Here we see an eclectic group of OmniTrax engines found at the old Great Western Sugar Beet Factory in Loveland, Colorado, including OMLX 4327 (Ex Southern Pacific and No... (more)

DMIR SD9 162 leads an SD18 and another SD9 with an empty ore train as it heads out of Proctor Yard and north to the iron range. This location has always been a favorite spot to watch Missabe actio... (more)

DMIR SD9 170 and SD18 183 bask in summer evening warmth outside Missabe's Proctor diesel shop. Soon the units will be back at work either switching ore jennies or hauling long ore drag between the... (more)

Ex-SP 4364 southbound on the Sweet Home Branch.

In the early 80's, the main attraction at Lambert's Point was C630's with slugs made from cut-down FM Trainmasters. A group of SD9's, including this one in classic N&W blue paint, were a nice bonu... (more)