In the early 90s, Conrail power was about the only oddball power you would normally see on the Santa Fe on the east end. The Conrail connection at Streator kept Conrail power coming and going a lo... (more)

A former IC unit in classic white with that classic southern crud that builds up. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

A UP train stops to pick up cars from the siding near Granite City Steel.

A UP steel hauler at Granite City Steel.

A C&O alumnus is heading EB coal with a nice 4-axle assortment. In hindsight things seem to have been so interesting so maybe those endless GEs may seem interesting, like in 75-100 years.

A former C&O deep is leading a nice variety of power coming off the line to Pensacola etc. back when CSX went from New Orleans to Jacksonville without Rice Yard (God Forbid). I'm escaping the wea... (more)

Originally B&O and bearing the marks of late production of this model, this unit is resting in the sun awaiting the next job.

Union Pacific's 8-car Costa Mesa Local, which hasn't served Costa Mesa in decades, heads south on Metrolink's Orange Sub, on which it has trackage rights from Control Point (CP) College (na... (more)

A handful of engines wait to pull the next set of empty cane trains out of the Clewiston mill as we pass the junction on the SCFE mainline aboard the Sugar Express. Today's two-hour trip took us d... (more)

It's a busy morning at the Clewiston Sugar Mill with three empty cane trains getting ready to depart. In the background are two MP15s about to run a cane train through the dumper for unloading. Th... (more)

R&S using Buffalo & Pittsburgh power to shove boxcars into Morton Salt in Silver Springs.

Kind of a "Frankenstein" Locomotive ... And Not Just Because of this Graffiti

Union Pacific "GP40M-2" 1529 is the former Southern Pacific "GP40R&q... (more)

UTAH 2008 at Ogden, UT.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's only GP40, the 2964 was derated to 2500 hp and classed as a GP35u. It was formerly ATSF 3461, which was Toledo Peoria & Western's only GP40 1000, originally EM... (more)

STBX 4500 and two other GP40's sit out in the desert left for dead by an owner which went out of business. In a different time these engines were the pride of the fleet on the Idaho Northern & Pac... (more)