Hustling a southbound coal train this leaser is rounding a curve, giving a good view of the undercarriage. This one is pure, 20 magnificent cylinders still. I resisted the temptation of get the ... (more)
Snow continues to fall as blue hour switches to darkness while BLE 906 gets lights to pull iron ore loads from United Taconite and begin the return trip back to Proctor yard.
At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.
After coming up from Two Harbors with some interchange cars and dropping them off at Keenan yard, DMIR 409 and 406 have picked up three Dash 8s for the return trip back home. The Dash 8s will rej... (more)
Lancaster & Chester train 14 at Circle S
A manifest comes into West Colton Yard off the Palmdale Cutoff. Power are a pair of SD40T-2s (SP and DRGW) bookending a MK SD40M-2 rebuild. Oct 25 1995.
The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)
NECR tunnel motor 3317 leads a ballast extra north on the Palmer Subdivision from New London, and is seen here dumping stone on the approaches to the Horton Cove trestle in Montville, CT.
The sound of dynamic braking fills the air as a westbound Southern Pacific lumber drag highballs Mott, California. After making a 180-degree turn just ahead at Sawmill Curve, the train will start ... (more)
A westbound Southern Pacific train is holding the main at Mott, waiting for an eastbound train to climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and clear on the siding in the foreground.
An eastbound doublestack train.
After have work performed on it a Danville, DMIR 405 awaits lifting by CN at CSX’s main yard in Buffalo NY.
A tunnel motor with patina leads a westbound intermodal train on the Shasta Route.
With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota to tie the train down where it ... (more)
DMIR 400 heading back to Proctor with a train of ore cars following.
