As my Kentucky sojourn was ending I decided to get back to over to this operation. While not as exciting as the Alco alligator that was here previously it was good to see at least one of the rare... (more)

PURCELL OK Feb 15 1981 — A grungy day and a grungy locomotive. Santa Fe U33C 8502 holds the main on its way south with a covered hopper train. I believe the cantilever was donated to the Oklahom... (more)

BN 5761 mates up with another U33C and Alco C-424 4243 between runs at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S yard and crew change between Pasco & Vancouver, WA. This unit was delivered to BN in September 1... (more)

The hard luck unit in the GE catalog, or should I say one of the hard luck units. These seemed to go into storage first when business went down on any railroad. This one looks like it spent too ... (more)

DENISON TX (July) 1974 — With a wave from a friendly crewman Southern Pacific U33C 8683 leads a mixed freight. My photo.

A Southern Pacific GE U33C 8689 rests at the roads yard in the spring of 1979. The SP Had 212 of these units and that was by far the largest fleet

A quartet of Burlington Northern Railroad locomotives (U33C 5757, SD40-2s 6334 and 6333, and SD40 6309) await their next assignment at the joint Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe / Colorado & Southern ya... (more)

Intermodal, 1970s Style!

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train, full of those "long" 40' containers (two per 89' flat!) has just crossed the Santa Fe's Third District. T... (more)

Southern Pacific U33C 8707, built in late 1971 by General Electric, sits in the railroad's West Colton Yard. This order, SP 8688 through 8727 (as well as the following order, 8728 through 8737), ... (more)

One of the quintessential photos of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad is this view of a northbound train rolling under the Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. I only shot this once before t... (more)

Three Delaware & Hudson U33C’s have drawn the assignment as the Jefferson Junction “puller” job during the Belden Hill tunnel enlargement project. A southbound train’s road power has uncou... (more)

Improvised helpers on the Hill As a Southern Pacific eastbound, powered by SP U33C 8771, U33C 8635, SD45T-2 9212 and SD45 8928, stalled while climbing over the Tehachapi Mountains when ... (more)

BN U33C 5756 leads an A-B-A of F9s into Little Falls yard at Little Falls, MN. Little Falls was a junction between the former NP mainline from Minneapolis to Fargo and the line north to Brainerd a... (more)

The power of a southbound Delaware & Hudson train, detoured by the Belden Hill tunnel expansion project has arrived at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, and has run around its train. A “puller job” has... (more)