Mid-Train on BNSF5888 west is a 5 unit swing help made up of 2 generations of high horsepower locomotives. Perhaps no other railroad in North America can put on such a diverse show of generationa... (more)

Utah Railway SD45-2 #9012 switches a few tank cars prior to departing east for Provo on the 310 local. The 9012 is the former Santa Fe 5855, built by EMD as the ATSF 5625 in May 1972.

Photographed during transit to its new home in the Beehive State, Utah Railway SD45-2 #9012 awaits departure from Salt Lake City to Provo. It was built a standard SD45-2 by EMD for the Santa Fe as... (more)

After sucessfully conquering Bozeman Pass, three EMD's are down to a crawl with dynamics howling, leading a heavy 133 car "LM" on the drawbar. They'd soon come to a stop, release the air and have ... (more)

Utah Railway SD45-2 and GP38-2 EMDs mingle on the former D&RGW wye at Midvale.

Williams sunset
An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train is three miles east of Williams, Arizona, on the eve of April 19, 1990. In the background are signals for Williams Junction, the j... (more)

Conrail on the Corridor: It has been many years since heavy freight traffic has regularly traveled this particular portion of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. One lingering after-effect of Hurr... (more)

A Utah Railway coal train heads east with 81 empties for the mines in Carbon County. The 9012 has an interesting history. It was built by EMD as an SD45-2 for the Santa Fe in May 1972. By July 198... (more)

Santa Fe 5806 still wears the planned SPSF merger scheme as it heads East up the North track on Cajon Pass.

Marching through the desert
A Santa Fe westbound passes a Joshua tree west of Jimgrey, California, on March 7, 1996. Even though the railroad is now officially BNSF at this date, it’s... (more)

Three SD's have a heavy LM in tow, cruising West along the Missouri River.

MRL's LM departs Livingston and is now on the attack of Bozeman Pass, behind a trio of veteran EMD's.

A daylight trip on a normal night time run is what we got lucky on my vacation. The crew overnight on the SIBF died, so the daylight SIRI crew had to fetch the train near Buffalo and head south wi... (more)

A daylight trip on a normal night time run is what we got lucky on my vacation. The crew overnight on the SIBF died, so the daylight SIRI crew had to fetch the train near Buffalo and head south wi... (more)

Various Montana Rail Link locomotives occupy the tracks in the railroad's Livingston, Montana, shop building. The locomotives are in the shop for storage, cannibalization, or repair. Besides the S... (more)