Five C&S SD-9s of Train 75 pick up reefers of San Luis Valley potatoes from the D&RGW interchange at Walsenburg, Colo. to take them to Texas.

The former Southern Pacific 5399 is seen hauling loaded woodchip cars north into the town of Lebanon after switching a couple mills north of Sweet Home.

I was pretty excited at age 18 to be using my new 35 mm Canon TL/QL with probably my first roll of color slide film. The family had travelled to Duluth to celebrate the 4th of July, and Dad let me... (more)

ex-SP 4364, restored by Lavacot Locomotive Works

A group of "Cadillacs" with no work to do on a cloudy Independence Day.

The Albany & Eastern's Jamboree Excursion is seen crossing a field on it's way to the town of Sweet Home.

Freshly shopped and painted SD9E 4414 idles next to the Medford depot.

A pair of former Great Northern SD9s work the waterfront in Superior as the idled laker J. L. Mauthe rests in the distance. The Mauthe would be converted into the barge Pathfinder not long after t... (more)

Big Divide and Wyoming SD9 2012 at there yard in Shoshoni.

The Northwestern Pacific repurposed a number of former Southern Pacific SD9's, repainting them in the 'black widow' scheme. This one needs a bit of refresh and can be found stationed at the old su... (more)

IMRL power including SD9 No. 612 and a former Soo Line GP7/9 combo wait for their next assignment at Davis Jct., Illinois, southwest of Rockford. This junction at one time connected Milwaukee Road... (more)

DMIR SD9 No. 158 is serviced along with SD18s 177 and 190 during the night in the Proctor diesel shop at Proctor, MN. this shop was built in the 1950s to support maintenance of the then new SD9s. ... (more)

Power for Rio Grande's Short Line Transfer and the Midvale Tramp await a call at the Roper Diesel Shop on July 19, 1983.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: An early morning visit to the Mad River & NKP Museum. This fine display of a Norfolk & Western Wreck train is led by SD9, 2349, followed by a crane set an... (more)