A new addition to the yard power.

Santa Fe Alco S4 1509

Sitting outside the yard office in Santa Fe Railway's A Yard is one of the rebuilt EMD end-cab switchers going through the Railway's shops. Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Atch... (more)

Santa Fe SSB1200 1222 (ex-SW9 2422)

Two faded GPs sit idle at the BNSF engine facility in Birmingham.

8021 switches some coal cars in the yard.

This veteran with the help of the crane in the background is getting an other southbound intermodal for the trip south.

The U of L engine showing it side in the morning sun

PAL switching a cut of car frames on a sunny morning

Yesterday the Sparks east end yard job died on hours at Lawton, NV. Today, the Sparks yard job used NS 2516 to fetch the dead train. Pictured here are the two engines making a hook each other.

Sparks east end yard job brings a cut of cars out to Cantex at Lawton, NV

The day after Christmas and two days after the big 2004 storm the PAL is also digging out. I four wheeled up a a snow filled crossing to get this shot. My hunt for the UK painted unit continues.