Due to congestion in Galesburg yard, this trio of SD9's, normally assigned as yard power, was ushered into mainline service this day to shuttle cuts of cars to outlying locations. Here they are we... (more)

At probably the most immaculate engine facility I ever saw.

Trona Railway SD9 #2001 quietly sits outside the railroad's shop building, as there is no more life left in this old unit. Due to a main generator failure the railroad decided it wasn't cost effe... (more)

Working around the railroad involves heavy equipment. BNSF #1551 is framed under the arm of a Komatsu PC270 excavator as it works on moving some 2000 cubic yards of soil for disposal. The soil is ... (more)

PNWR 1852 SD9 leads the PNWR Westsider across the recently constructed viaduct in North Albany. The complete power set includes PNWR 1852 SD9, PNWR 3052 SD40-2 (in SD45 shell), PNWR 2302 GP39-2 a... (more)

PNWR 1852 SD9 leads the PNWR Westsider out of Albany yard and across the Brooklyn Sub mainline to the PNWR Toledo District. The four-unit power set is as diverse as it gets, with PNWR 1852 SD9, P... (more)

An ex-BN SD9 now works for County Grain Coop.

An Indiana Eastern local job works back north towards Cottage Grove with a few cars from the industry near Fernald, OH. This job works south of Cottage Grove on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and ... (more)

What do you do when the kids and wife have gone to bed and you know that trains are on the other side of the river. You go take night shots. DS 512 holds down the main next to the ex-Milwaukee dep... (more)

The Durand Glass plant looms in the background as Black River & Western SD9 9581, on lease to the Winchester & Western, slowly pulls out of the property and across Wade Boulevard after finishing i... (more)

Terry Respondek, owner of Respondek Railroad Corporation and a former employee of the Illinois Terminal Railway, has done it again with a repaint of ex-Algers, Winslow and Western 204, shown with... (more)

The day's run to Millville done, Black River & Western SD9 9581, on lease to the Winchester & Western, is along for the ride as it hammers the diamond between the former CNJ to Bridgeton (coming a... (more)

I can't think of a better way to watch paint dry! Freshly painted in homage to the Illinois Terminal Railway, ex-Algers, Winslow and Western 204, along with SD-35 #11 pull a load of empty hoppers... (more)

A eastbound manifest is about to top the Tehachapi grade

A pair of Oakways in the middle of a southbound coal train locomotive consist await their departure as 6225 and 6164 go about their business in the BN Yard in Denver in April 1988.