Union Pacific 3000, the railroad's "class" SD40, leads a trio of SD40-2s westbound through the City of Industry in southern California in the 1970s. UP's low-numbered SD40s were unique in their u... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight heads into the setting sun as it passes through Lenwood, about 6 miles west of Barstow in California's Mojave Desert. (Power for the train is a trio of southern Californi... (more)

There's not much here to give away the year as late 2013, as Amish wagons wait for Strasburg Railroad 4-8-0 475 and its nine-car train to clear the grade crossing. SRC 475 was built by Baldwin Lo... (more)

Southern Pacific and the SD45 were somewhat synonymous in the late 1960s into the 1980s, as exemplified by SP SD45 8818, Cotton Belt SD45 8919 and SP SD45T-2 9189 climbing southern California's Ca... (more)

While Southern Pacific 7432 east waits in "the hole" in Pomona, California, a westbound train, led by SP SD40T-2 8341, holds the main as it heads to Los Angeles on September 5th, 1984. SP 8341 we... (more)

Built in September 2004, Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40CW 9906 was among a batch of diesels that GE delivered in primer paint in order to speed up delivery. A year and a half later, NS 9906 (NS calls... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern freight accelerates out of Cambridge, Nebraska, on August 7th, 1985. Power for this short 13-car grain train is GP20 2031 (a long-hood forward unit, the former Gre... (more)

Four years old, but still squeaky clean, Union Pacific SD40-2 3672 leads a westbound freight around the curve at Cajon Pass' Swarthout Canyon Road grade crossing as it approaches Blue Cut on its w... (more)

A westbound BNSF Railway train threads its way through the curves at the "natural crossover" at Frost; just south of Victorville, California. Leaning into the curve as it crosses over the eastbou... (more)

As seen through the old, abandoned grain elevator in Marion, Nebraska, a westbound Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railnet train head to St. Francis, Kansas, on May 12th, 2013. The train is powered by H... (more)

A westbound Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railnet train, led by HLCX SD40 5004, rumbles past the old grain elevator at Marion, Nebraska, as storm clouds gather on May 7th, 2013. The SD40 was originall... (more)

Dark storm clouds are gathering on the horizon as HLCX SD40 5004 brings a westbound Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railnet train under Highway 83 in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas, on May 7th, 2013. The 5004 is ... (more)

Returning to the engine facility after dropping their train in the yard.

Santa Fe GP9u 2282 (ex-ATSF GP9 2929, nee-ATSF 729) leads a Burlington Northern Santa Fe local through Fullerton, California, on November 12th, 1997. As it does, it is about to be overtaken by a ... (more)

On a frosty December 1960 day, a Santa Fe westbound departs Gallup, New Mexico, with six F7 diesels, in an A-B-B-B-B-A configuration led by 232C, on the point. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, Craig... (more)