LS&I 1804,1852,1801 head for Tilden with 120 empties on a scorching July day. Power was dropping like flies on this day due to overheating, and probably may have caused LS&I management to rethink ... (more)

LS&I 1801,1852,1804 have been rolling down a sag and are now starting to tackle the grade that stretches pretty much the rest of the way to Eagle Mills. This job has the normal cut of 60 loads.

LS&I 1804,1802,1850 head toward Eagle Mills with 60 loads from Tilden mine.

LS&I 1852, 1804, 1850 claw east with 55 loads of Tilden ore.

LS&I 1850, 1853, 1804 on the 3 Tilden head west with 60 empties for loading at Tilden Mine.

Late fall 1957 finds recently delivered NKP RSD12 329 at the Bellevue roundhouse, as a couple of hostler's talk about the nights move's ahead, including moving 329 to the ready tracks for forwardi... (more)

I stopped in to visit a railfan friend and we found this jewel, rare at any time but especially at this late date.

Great looking units but I never got to see them really pulling. Usually they left Colton westbound in the company of about 10 other geriatric misfits, all on line, in hopes 3 or 4 of them could m... (more)

N&W RSD-12 #255 working at Lamberts Point, VA. [7/73]

leased LASCO RSD12 at UtahRwy Martin UT yard

This Alco RSD12, on display at the Mad River and NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio, looks like it just came off the assembly line. Unfortunately I'm too young to have one of these in action as I'm sur... (more)

FCP RSD12 502 on a work extra southbound at Agua Zarca, 20 km. south of Nogales.

This train is heading toward the Tilden Mine from Eagle Mills.

Museums are good at preserving the rare stuff. Now, let's work on the common stuff -- which will be rare in a few years!