Meet at Colton

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr works its way up the storied Soldier Summit grade at Colton, Utah. A Utah Railway SD45 leads a train of empties eastbou... (more)

A set of four Utah Railway SD45’s bring a train of empties back to the mines at Mill Fork, Utah.

Santa Fe EMD SD45 5401 and 5403 at Cleburne, Texas.

Almost to the summit
A westbound BNSF manifest freight powered by three Montana Rail Link SD45s exits Bozeman Pass Tunnel in a swirl of exhaust and is about to crest the summit of Bozema... (more)

Someplace in the vicinity of Santa Clarita, California, the Southern Pacific added two Daylight-painted diesel helpers to the World’s Fair Daylight for its entry into Los Angeles. These w... (more)

SCL SD45 2024 and NW GP30 522 crosses Poplar Creek during an engine move across the K-25 complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

A pair of Wisconsin Central SD45s lead westbound CSX autoracks through Dawson, Pa.

At the beginning of the Conrail era PC SD-45 6128 brings the TV-10 into Croxton yard. August 1976

SP EMD SD45 units 7403, 7411 and 7415 sit at Norfolk Southern's Norris Yard. This photo was taken while visiting N&W 2-6-6-4 1218 being rebuilt in the steam shop.

Bringing back the beautiful sounds of yesteryear, a freshly painted pair of SD45s heads east with a DGNO transfer. The train is bound for UP's Miller Yard.

Three Montana Rail Link SD45s lead BNSF’s MSPOLAU freight eastbound through Belknap, Montana, on the morning of October 4, 2014. Trailing in the all-EMD consist is BNSF GP39-2, SD70MAC and SD70A... (more)

Northern Pacific EMD SD45 #3606 (3600-3629) Photo By Ed Kanak, from my collection.