OKLAHOMA CITY April 1977 — Katy NW2 9 awaits its next assignment. EMD built the 9 in 1947. EMD re-powered the unit with a 1200 HP prime mover sometime in 1959-60. The remains of the coaling towe... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Katy GP38-2 320 awaits a crew. EMD built the 320 (b/n-767002-3) in June 1976. On March 1 1990 it was renumbered UP 2062 and on Feb 16 became UP 562 and was still on t... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 27 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2 6009 bangs over the diamonds at Tower 55. Additions welcome. (Photo by Charles Stookey)

GRAND PRAIRIE TX (February) 1986 — Missouri Pacific GP50 3521 and B30-7A 4847 have the point on a mixed freight. EMD built the unit (b/n 807023-12) for MoPac in January 1981. It gained Union Pac... (more)

VANCOUVER WA April 24 2013 — BNSF SD9 1550 shows off its new cab and chopped nose. EMD built the unit (b/n 19340) in February 1954 for Great Northern Railway as GN 573. An April 13, 2022, Trains... (more)

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD40-2 8128 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This unit was delivered to BN in June 1980. At a later date it became FURX 8128 and was leased back to BNSF... (more)

NA JUNCTION CO (September) 1978 — A westbound Missouri Pacific train, with GP38-2 2023 in the lead, is a few miles east of NA Junction where it joins Santa Fe tracks in southeastern Colorado. EM... (more)

DALLAS TX May 27 1985 — Katy chop nose GP7 105 awaits work. EMD built the 105 (b/n 12063) as MKT 1515 in February 1951. After the Union Pacific merger the unit was never assigned a UP number and... (more)

OAKRIDGE OR Oct 31 1978 — Southern Pacific SD45 8963, and its southbound mixed freight. are tied down in this central Oregon community. EMD built the unit (b/n 33660) in May 1968. It was rebuilt... (more)

HARNEY WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific DDA40X 6905, SD40-2H 8007 and DDA40X 6924 roll across Wyoming with a mixed freight. My photo. EMD delivered the 6905 (b/n-34531) in August 1969. The unit wa... (more)

KANSAS CITY Sept 29 1980 — Precision National Corp. NW2 PNCX 1012 (c/n 6686) is tied down at Armourdale Yard. EMD delivered the unit in January 1949 as Baltimore & Ohio 563. It was renumbered to... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS Sept 29 1979 – With complete shutdown only months away Rock Island GP7 4540 sits at the Armourdale Yard sanding facility. According to www.utahrails.net the unit started life as C... (more)

PORTLAND OR Aug 20 1981 — Southern Pacific SW1500 2645 handles a caboose hop at North Albina Avenue east of Union Pacific’s Albina Yard. Photo by Charles Stookey.

ABO NM July 6 1986 — Santa Fe C30-7 8146 leads a westbound mixed freight on approach to the New Mexico State Highway 55 overpass. GE built the 8146 (s/n 43573) in June 1981 as an RCE Locotrol II... (more)

VAUGHN NM Sept 3 1983 — Santa Fe C30-7 8165 passes a signal with a TOFC train. GE built the unit (s/n 44079) in December 1982 with black on white number boards, a roof-mounted air conditioning u... (more)