The third day and the third time GEXR 9392 has led GEXR 432. The EX-Southern Pacific unit which is now owned by the GEXR (Goderich & Exeter Railway) crawls through Georgetown with GSCX 7369 behind... (more)

SP 9208 leads a 5 unit consist on the Westbound empty "oil cans" as seen from the top of Tunnel #1 between Bealville and Caliente.

A Tunnel Motor in its natural habitat.

Cotton Belt Tunnel Motor #9295 rounds Tehachapi Loop.

A CN snowplow sits in the siding at the Via Station/GEXR yard in Stratford Ontario with ex SP 9392 resting away on a warm family day Monday .

I guess this falls into the category of lash-ups I never thought I would see. On a hazy Sept. 17, 1978 a westbound B&O empty hopper train rounds the curve into Doe Gully, WV with SSW SD45T-2 No. ... (more)

SP 9333 looks good in the then new SP Speed Lettering scheme as the 2nd out Tunnel Motor graphically portrays how most of the SP engines looked at this time! This Eastbound loaded coal train bound... (more)

The 10,720' Pilot Peak dominates this view of a detouring westbound Southern Pacific Chicago-Oakland trailer train wrapping around Arnold Loop, above Clifside siding on the former Western Pacific ... (more)

Westbound manifest crosses the Bagley fill, a roughly 10-mile long structure dividing the fresh water of Bear River Bay with the Great Salt Lake. Shortly, the train will return to land for a coupl... (more)

A 69-car, 7000-ton lumber drag out of Eugene approaches west Pequop siding in the beautiful Pequop hills east of Wells, Nevada, in June 1988. Four tunnel motors lead the way.

Late-running Amtrak #6, San Francisco Zephyr, is just a few minutes from arrival at Ogden, Utah, off the Southern Pacific, SDP40Fs 620/626 led by SP 9367 on a 10 car train.

Three big EMD's roll the Eugene-Rio Grande (Roper, SLC) manifest slowly eastward across the "Bagley Fill," the rock causeway bisecting Bear River Bay, passing the westbound approach signal to Prom... (more)

An eastbound freight train has just crossed the Continental Divide as they come out of the of Moffat Tunnel at East Portal. Weather can get pretty tough this high up in elevation, as seen with the... (more)

Train swings out of the yard before backing in.

Richard Beal photo: Helper power sits and waits at Sandcut ready to help the next SP drag lug freight over the Tehachapis