SP 9250 catched on the way somewhere in Utah

SP 7312 East roars out of the siding at the east end of Bealville, pouring diesel exhaust high into the sky overhead.

GEXR 3054 had her beautiful SP nose logo added back sometime recently. After seeing a Instagram post about it thought id head down to catch 431 just out of Mac on the Halton. GEXR lease of the Gue... (more)

The MoPac bought only four SW1500's and were all mated with slugs, 1521 is mated with slug 1420 which was once an SW9.

Missouri Pacific GE U30C 2995 "screaming eagles", 3000hp built 01/74. The big GE wore two previous numbers T&P 3330, MP 3330 and will be assigned one more (UP 2995) that it will never wear. All t... (more)

SP 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 up Cajon Pass. Seeing three Milwaukee Road engines on a single train was rather rare in SoCal.

No doubt where this photo was taken on the former T&P near Van Horn in wild West TX westbound heading for El Paso.

Katy switcher drill cars at its Glen Park Yard.

The view here is 100% Missouri Pacific Railroad, even if it was photographed 3 years after the UP-MP-WP merger date. 3 SD's off an inbound train are in the west end of #1 in Texarkana Yard, while ... (more)

Katy Columbia Local has tested its air and is "highballing" for the junction with the mainline at McBaine, MO.

On Black Friday 1991, a train of empty beet racks on the Modoc Line is about to cross Burlington Northern's line to Bieber. Holly Sugar established a receiving station at Stronghold siding for th... (more)

MKT 192 brings a freight thru Fort Worth, TX in April of 1986. Fran Wiener Kodachrome from my collection.

An eastbound Southern Pacific stack train led by Cotton Belt GE B40-8 No. 8045 approaches the Gooseneck at West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 1990. Trailing is another SSW B40... (more)

Cotton Belt local With a faded Cotton Belt unit leading, a GP35 pair cross a wood trestle near Carrollton, Texas. Today, I suspect that this branch line is either operated by a short li... (more)