One if the many CNW unit trains that IANR handled for the CNW to move retired power out of Oelwein. Behind IANR and a CNW GP 50 for power, 25 GP7s and GP9s were moved out of Waterloo bound for Ced... (more)

Digging to the Wayback Machine. In the early 90s I was only 15-17 years old. I am pretty happy to find some of my prints and get them looking ok. They aren't perfect, but they're better than nothi... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is southbound at Rockford. They pass the classic Rock Island depot with the old-school ex-BN GP9 leader. The IANR used these ex-BN for a while until they got their G... (more)

Not the CNW? Fox River Valley 4508 skirts the shore of Lake Winnebago as it leads a freight thru Oshkosh, WI in January of 1993. The classic CNW semaphore was used as the approach to the Fox River... (more)

Building the Utah Transits Authority light rail. Salt Lake City Southern used to operate on Union Pacific's main between Salt Lake and Provo. The Rio Grande main was the better route. The old UP m... (more)

Montana Western 202, and Rarus 106, in Butte, Montana.

Durbin Greenbrier Valley Railroad's SVRR making a special run north today due to not running on Friday. Pictured are GP9s 5940 and 6512 also known by local area railroaders and fans as the twins b... (more)

An interesting mix of older locomotives hangs out at the Lone Star Grain company in Chillicothe Texas.

Two passenger GP9's 512 and ex-Wabash GP9 3489, leads the eastbound "Cannonball" at Decatur, Illinois on May 5, 1968. Al Holtz Photo, from my collection.

ADBF 1751 shoves an empty gondola down the Old Town Spur from Ensel Yard to Friedland Industries in Old Town for a very rare move. The track is FRA EXEMPT and each crossing must be protected by em... (more)

Led by a GP9, Montana Rail Link's Helena Local makes its way into Townsend, Montana and passes under the searchlight cantilever that stands guard at the west end of the Townsend siding. With their... (more)

#580 is one of two ex-FEC high hoods on the Sarasota side of the railroad.

The line north of Eustis is used for storage and today some of those cars are heading back to CSXT. #60, now chopped nose, works out of Ocala and Eustis has but one customer in Tool World, withou... (more)

Spent many Septembers in and out of Maine, always very rewarding. Just about everything I saw is gone in 2025. No more so than this day when the Sappi Local, with two GP9 that were a staple on t... (more)

Tucked away in rural Minnesota sit two former IMRL GP9's still in their SOO paint. These engines are on sale and can be bought on Facebook Marketplace.