A northbound potash train holds the main at Portales, New Mexico, while a southbound sulphur train waits in the siding. Portales was on Santa Fe's Carlsbad Subdivision 17 miles south of Clovis. Th... (more)

Waiting in the helper pocket at Z Tower, west of Keyser, WV.

A pair of SD45-2s lead southbound SA-42 into Brown's Yard

SCL 8960 and a Family Lines engine bring loads off Little Coal River at Sproul, headed for St. Albans and the CSX main.

Southbound passes a northbound

SD45-2 5696, its paint still gleaming after its recent delivery to the railroad, leads an eastbound merchandise train out of tunnel 10.

A Former Clinchfield SD45-2 Now Renumbered For The CSX

Southbound manifest heading into ATSF Saginaw Yards

MRL SD45-2 316 coupled to a BNSF Heritage 2 C44-9W awaiting their next assignment. The MRL 316 is a SD45 rebuilt to -2 specifications

As the conductor of an SP westbound in the hole at Walong looks on, Santa Fe 5665 East roars around the Loop on its way to Barstow.

SD45-2 5679 hustles a westbound freight past a recently "decapitated" signal bridge near Hesperia, which has been replaced by bi-directional CTC target signals on masts.

5847 East speeds through a "sag" at Lavic as it sets a fast pace across the eastern Mojave Desert.

Two of the three Trona RR SD45-2's leased to the UP are still working as the helpers at SLO after arrival last month. Here is TRC3001 shown cutting off the southbound QRVDO just outside of the SLO... (more)