The D&H would use whatever power was on hand to switch the yard, but it would usually be the RS-11s or RS-32s. On this July day a big U33-C is being used to switch at the East end of the yard.

A set of U33-Cs are on the ready track at the Bevier Street yard.

Milwaukee Road power at the roundhouse in La Crosse. The group consists of 5701,2007, the geep to the right is 293 and the SW to the left is 861. The buildings were crumbling and the service track... (more)

A pair of big U-boats depart Hornell with train MB-1. It was unusual to see a caboose as the 1st car of the train.

BN U33C 5760 leads a short freight up the Joint Line near Palmer Lake

Burlington Northern U33C 5719, seen here on the Western Pacific in Oroville, California, is the former Northern Pacific 3304.

Helper Engine 8631 leaves Hiland after the work is done. At the lower right is visible one of the remaining buildings of the former ATSF Summit Station area.

The train orders have been picked from the engineer and the conductor, and the helper U33C 8631 will be uncoupled from the rest of the train in some seconds. The Train Order Operator leaves the sc... (more)

Burlington Northern U33C 5719, still wearing the colors of original owner Northern Pacific (the former NP 3304), leads a set of BN power on a Western Pacific train passing through Oroville, Califo... (more)

D&H U33C #757 and C628 #609 await their next work in Mechanicsville, May 1977.

THIS is street running. It was substantially cheaper for S.J. Groves Co. to build I-280 in N.J. up and around Eagle Mountain as opposed to building a tunnel AND by using rail in and out of the pr... (more)

S.J. Groves brings a rock train up with fill in the soon-to-be westbound lane of Interstate 280. The U-boat was purchased specially for this job, later sold to BN. I guess you could call it stre... (more)

All trains assembled in Southern Pacific's large West Colton Yard, in Bloomington, California, depart eastbound. Here we see a westbound negotiating the reverse curve used for trains heading to L... (more)

A Southern Pacific westbound approaches the large West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, with a typically eclectic late-1970s consist that includes U33C, SD40T-2, SD45 and SD45T-2 models. I... (more)

Looking about as good as they ever did after a few years of service. I really enjoyed seeing a few of these show up amid sea of SD-45 variants.