A non-clearing eastbound holds up the RoadRailer on a cloudless summer morning in the Butte Valley. Lead unit SP 8626 had been built for Chicago Great Western 30 years earlier.
Train 611 rolls north on its return trip from Palmer, MA.
Mixed freight R353 blasts out of the west portal of Pinkerton Tunnel.
A morning westbound intermodal rounds the broad curve at Mance on a beautiful October day. Tree growth, both in the foreground and background, in the 20 years since this was taken makes it nearly ... (more)
At sunset, an SP stack train out of the ICTF heads east on the Sunset Route at Kinter, AZ.
At sunset, a heavy North Line Local attacks the western slope of the Dragoon Mountains.
SP 8656 West gives a roll-by to an opposing freight as a monsoon thunderstorm dissipates.
After switching at Benson, a North Line Local begins its eastward assault of the Dragoon Mountains.
An eastbound SP stack train tops the grade at Mescal and passes the aging coaling tower there.
A two-unit lead helper prepares to couple onto an eastbound freight at Colfax.
With the help of a hydraulic arm, diesel mechanic Cash guides Ross in positioning the new power assembly for insertion in SP 8676's prime mover.
Diesel mechanics Cash and Ross bolt a new power assembly to a crane arm so they can install it in SP SD40-2M No. 8676.
Diesel mechanics prepare to install a new power assembly in SP SD40-2M No. 8676. The old power assembly sits on the floor in front of us.
A string of SP SD40-2Ms idles at "Cape Canaveral" in Roseville Yard.
Inside the shop, the distinctive, flared long hood of what was once an SD45 rears up in front of us.