Maybe it was an SD55. In any case EMDs test string was reportedly working on the Saluda grade which was still open then. These units varied in many features over the years and were iinteresting ... (more)

Bringing a final cut of 35 coal loads west from Liberty Mine, a pair of Electro Motive Division SD70ACe Demonstrators drag down the Pond Fork main enroute to Danville Yard. The demonstrators are c... (more)

BNSF's northbound Pikes Peak Local descends the Palmer Divide approaching Larkspur

Two EMD units are being tested on this Crystal River (Red Level) coal train. Two pairs have been cycling in & out of Florida.

EMD SD70ACe demonstrators 1205 & 1204 lead northbound container train Q042 at Jacksboro, TN on a rainy early spring afternoon en route to Corbin and eventually Cincinnati.

CSXT Southbound Freight Train Q685-07 passing through Pine Flat, AL. With a pair of EMDX Demonstrator SD70ACe's for power

An old soldier meet's its match: Florida Central CF7 #47 rests on a siding in Newberry, FL, as a pair of EMD demo SD70ACe's and a CSX Gevo lead a Crystal River coal train, N12230 into town. The C... (more)

The "Panthers" watertower and palm trees means this must be Newberry! Near the end of an overcast day, a pair of EMD Ace demos and a CSX Gevo lead N12230 into town, and will soon swap its CSX cre... (more)

A CPR coal train headed for the Columbia power plant near Portage WI is pulling out of Shoreham and onto the BN at University Avenue.

EMDX SD70M demonstrators 7002, 7001, and 7000 along with an EMD test car drag U14415 up the hill into Manchester during a test run in May 1993, before the 70M was an everyday sight. For an update... (more)

EMDX 1202 and 1203 lead Q541 past the ex Atlanta & West Point depot in College Park during a brief moment of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy day.

EMDX 1202 and 1203 lugs two dead CSX motors and 7700 tons of freight up the hill towards a stop at the Manchester Yard Office. To see this scene featuring SD70M demos from 20 years ago, see phot... (more)

During the operating years of the Wisconsin Central Ltd., one could always plan on seeing some interesting power at New Brighton. This mid March day in 1995 was no exception with an ex N&W SD35 a... (more)

A leased SD9043MAC leads a westbound at Ransom Jct. where the CPR crosses the RRV&W RR. The train will get recrewed in about five miles when they arrive at Enderlin.