What's the 411? Cemex/SWPC (SouthWest Portland Cement) SDP35 411 (ex-Seaboard Coast Line 1962, exx-SCL 612, née-Seaboard Air Line 1111, EMD, 9/1964) sits at the Victorville, California fac... (more)

If this iron horse was a real horse it would have a very swayed back. I've always been fond of the SD35 line and especially the SDP. Apparently at some point following removal of the steam gener... (more)

Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1114 sits on display in downtown Hamlet next to the Seaboard era depot.

Looks like the yard crew is switching a little company fuel or such with two of my favorite EMDs.

UP SDP35 no. 1406 is in a consist including a GP20MB and a GP30B at Seattle's Argo Yard in February 1976. The SDP35 was bought to support UP's E unit fleet in passenger service in September 1965.... (more)

Battle scars, neglect, the ravages of time show on this one. I hear about how great things were in the "good old days" but I suspect one would be hard pressed to to find a CSX unit this... (more)

Southwest Portland Cement Company EMD SDP35 No. 411 is running long hood first with a train from Victorville, California, operating back to the quarry as it approaches Stoddard Wells Road on March... (more)

Back in 1976 one could still enjoy the wide variety of motive power that Union Pacific operated. An example is UP 1400, the 10 SDP35 passenger locomotive UP acquired beginning in September 1965. T... (more)

In spring/summer 1973, a buddy and I made several trips from home in Auburn to Montgomery, hoping to see and shoot lots of models and paint schemes. In Auburn we got two SCL-powered trains a day ... (more)

Louisville & Nashville SDP35 #1222 running as Extra #1222 south passes thru downtown. #1222 was built September 1965 as L&N #1701 and later re# L&N 1222. Later became L&N/Seaboard System/CSX #453... (more)

An extremely rare SDP35 awaits its fate in the CEMEX plant yard in Victorville, California. The unit seems to have been parked in this spot for some time now (although this is just from passing ob... (more)

An ex-Seaboard Air Line SDP35 rests with some coal and cement hoppers at the CEMEX facility in Victorville.

An overview of the Mojave Northern yard at Victorville. In the foreground are cement hoppers that were interchanged off BNSF and UP. On the left, SWPC SDP35 411 is seen with a cut of hoppers. On t... (more)

Southwestern Portland Cement SDP35 411 sits at CEMEX's Victorville Cement Plant. This is one of three surviving SDP35s, having been built as Seaboard Air Line 1111. I'm not sure if this unit is st... (more)

One of the Hoosier Southern's two GP15-1 locomotives, 469, sits in the sun in Tell City, Indiana, on September 30, 2017. As is obvious from the notch in the nose, these are former Frisco locomoti... (more)