Between December 1955 and April 1958, Great Northern purchased thirty-two 700 series EMD GP9s for assignment west of Havre, Montana (Lines West), where thier dynamic brakes were put to good use.... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD GP9 Nos. 103 and 101, have just emerged from their weekend slumber in the enginehouse at St. Maries, Idaho, on the morning September 27, 2021. The crew will soon take... (more)

The sky is still leaden with morning clouds as St. Maries River Railroad’s Plummer turn rumbles over Pedee Creek trestle at Pedee, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. Some early autumn color helps bri... (more)

A Leadville, Colorado & Southern passenger train pauses at French Gulch water tank to let passengers enjoy a few minutes in Colorado’s high country on August 24, 2021. The train is powered by LC... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's GP9 shares Packinghouse Road with a semi as it moves a cut of gondolas into a customer's yard.

Denver Rock Island Railroad #88 (GP9) moves a cut of cars across the street on Packinghouse Road in the area of Denver known as the Stockyards.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's GP9 moves a string of cars in a yard in Denver.

A westbound St. Maries River Railroad freight crosses the lengthy Benewah Lake trestle just west of Ramsdell, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. STMA EMD GP9 Nos. 103 and 101 power the 17-car train hea... (more)

The night crew of the Jackson & Lansing Railroad heads south through Mason, Michigan and rolls past grain with a pair of Adrian & Blissfield GP9's pulling three coil cars for interchange with NS i... (more)

Two GP10s lead a cut of CN cars South down the Bloomer mainline towards Gibson City.

With the local switching work completed for the morning, the Indiana Northeastern rolls to a stop behind the Ceres Solutions fertilizer facility in Coldwater, Michigan and ties down their train be... (more)

Passing QN Tower interlocking, a Baltimore & Ohio local rolls through Washington, DC. The aging GP9 has been in some sort of mishap, and has lost part of its pilot.

Leadville, Colorado & Southern EMD GP9 No. 1714 rests near the Leadville, Colorado, depot of the LC&S on the morning of August 24, 2021. The Geep was built in August 1955 as Northern Pacific No. 2... (more)

Returning from interchanging cars to Union Pacific at Plummer, Idaho, is the eastbound St. Maries River Railroad turn approaching St. Maries on September 27, 2021. The train is powered by a pair o... (more)

Oops! Tow trucks are being called as the Belfast & Moosehead Lake excursion train heads towards Unity Pond, Maine. This incident was in no way caused by the train. Be careful turning around on ... (more)