BN 6601, Great Northern's second F45 shows off its fairly new green paint in the presence of an X-GN Big Sky Blue caboose and a simplified orange and green F unit at the Interbay engine facilities... (more)

BN F45 6620 leads an empty grain train east in the middle of two horseshoes that help elevate the former GN mainline from Gold Bar to Skykomish prior to making the mountain grade climb from Skykom... (more)

San Francisco Chief at Dearborn Station - 3rd in series

San Francisco Chief departs Chicago at 21st. Street

Texas Chief ready to depart Dearborn Station Chicago

In town on business (why else, LOL) I did have a great day of railfanning and caught a green barn on rails. I was also there in February. August is better.

Photo by Calvin Christman. From my collection.

In the old paint, getting rare in those days, a cowl unit is leading an EB freight. Being a railfan and getting paid to live in California, within a stone's throw of Cajon Pass and Colton Tower, ... (more)

Having delivered Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Limited from Chicago to Los Angeles, the power (Santa Fe F45 5920, F45 5921, F7B 308A and steam-generator car 133, decked out for th... (more)

Originally ATSF. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

RPPY (Rouses Point-Potomac yard).

Wisconsin Central train 45 heads north (westbound) through Hubertus, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1996, powered by a pair of WC’s F45s and a new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW.

BN 6607, former GN F45 no.434, waits its turn for servicing at BN's Auburn, WA diesel shops, most likely after arriving from a trip over Stampede Pass. The loco was built in June 1969 and would wo... (more)

Five Montana Rail Link EMD six-axle locomotives, used as a helper set on Bozeman Pass, head downgrade back to Livingston glinting the setting sun on October 10, 2005. Westbound trains get plenty o... (more)

Santa Fe’s Q train out of Big Lift (Denver) utilizing Colorado’s Joint Line is about to cross the small trestle at mile 698.6 between Tomah and Larkspur, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. Santa Fe E... (more)