Four formidable flares
Eighty cylinders worth of nice-looking EMD SD45s drum past with a southbound Wisconsin Central freight just north of Duplainville, Wisconsin, on a cold, wintery J... (more)

With a pair of SD45s churning their collective 40 cylinders, a Wisconsin Central “all-rail” taconite ore load slowly climbs to the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. WC ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Helena local works Ash Grove cement in beautiful late afternoon light on a cold first day of March. This will be the last March that sees MRL as an independant railroad.

The Montana Rail Link's "Bozeman Bullet" descends Bozeman Pass during the final hours of light with 355 on the point.

Racin’ home. MRL 355 is in the lead of the Helena local, as they crest Winston Hill at East Winston.

Former Conrail and Penn Central SD-45s are now part of the Chicago & Northwestern, as CNW 6557 idles in the yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Southern Pacific 7560 and Conrail 6606 idle in the Bakersfield diesel service a few days after Thanksgiving.

Bozeman turn over the top
Led by SD45 No. 355, Montana Rail Link’s Bozeman turn descends Bozeman Pass at West End, Montana, on a rainy afternoon of July 2, 2019.

Santa Fe caboose 999297 slowly rolls down the 3% grade on the south track near the Cajon Summit as helpers push hard on an eastbound intermodal as it grinds up the 2.2% north track.

Santa Fe 5429 slowly rolls down the 3% grade on the south track near the Cajon Summit as an eastbound intermodal grinds up the 2.2% north track.

The engineer on Santa Fe 5350 proceeds very slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage and ATSF 3338,... (more)

A manned helper set has been added to the point of Montana Rail Link’s westbound Laurel-Missoula road freight (LM) and begins its assault of Bozeman Pass just west of Livingston, Montana, on Sep... (more)

This former SCL unit was lucky enough to get one of my favorite modern paint jobs before CSX came along.

Take a good look, you may never see one again. This is a locomotive washing facility. Pride and image are two things of small concern to the followship of most present day railroads.

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 crossing the High Bridge east of Canton