Ex Soo 6357, nee MILW 191, starting to get the trademark SP grime.

Manchester was a prime spot to catch grain train power laying over after delivering to the south side Port of Houston elevators. Photography releases could be obtained from the PTRA offices in Un... (more)

ROCK ISLAND Recollections. RI 4584 is less than two months old in this photo at HB&T's Milby St. diesel facility in Houston. RI's 18 U30Cs 4582-4599 were delivered October-December 1... (more)

Tail end just clearing old Baer Jct, passing MofW equipment on main 1 and a switch job servicing the scrap yard, the 3 B36-7s, 1 B30-7 (the "quad 7s") and SD40T-2 are about to squeeeeeell and turn... (more)

Hard to imagine this as a UP unit, it's like the features on this unit just scream for the scarlet and gray to come back....

It was unusual to see these speedsters sitting still anywhere, much less at Milby Street. Paint is yet to begin fading....

Hey guys, help me out; I believe this belongs to FINA on the PTRA in Houston. It was on the old south cab track in transit to ? when I stumbled upon it.

BNSF SWBLW 1460, Santa Fe's one-of-a-kind Baldwin VO-1000 rebuild 'BEEP', was retired after almost forty years of service on the Santa Fe and BNSF and donated to the Western America Railroa... (more)

A quick run to the mechanical foreman who was a friend of mine got these hostlers stopped in their tracks on the north end of the diesel shop; at this time this was the last U-boat in the eagle sc... (more)

The last of the mohicans; I'm pretty sure. At least in the Houston area. If I remember correctly (it's been almost 25 years!) this was the last SW to work Houston; not sure if it was the last on... (more)

Been wanting to join in on the party everyone else up north has been attending, getting these units in the states. So when I see this as the west unit at the Englewood e/f near Tower 68, I knew i... (more)

The bugs are starting to get a little dusty and dirty, but they still make for a good show around Houston.

What do you get when you cross a UP SD45 with an SP SD45 and a rebuild program? An SD40M-2. But take off that a/c and move that plate above the air intake over the cab and you would get a pretty... (more)

For Alex R: I had to put down a McD bacon egg & cheese bagel to get the shot. :-)