A overview of the heart of Helper City from a hill west of town. Union Pacific's former Rio Grande Yard, the engine shop, and the Amtrak Station are all in check on this May 29, 2015 afternoon. A ... (more)

Union Pacific GP40P-2 No. 1373 rests among the spectacular Book Cliffs at Helper on May 29, 2015. It is from a class of three production units built by EMD for the Southern Pacific in 1974. These ... (more)

All three of SP's BiCentennial painted locomotives were put together along with a selection of SP rolling stock for a photo special in Cajon Pass shown pausing for the photographer just below Hila... (more)

SP often used sets of commuter power on weekends to haul freight in the Bay area. A pair was leading a westbound freight out of Oakland led by one of only three GP40P's that SP owned.

A solid set of Southern Pacific pool power leads Rio Grande's 177 train through Lehi City minutes after sunrise on June 15, 1989. The lead engine is an EMD GP40P-2, one of only three such units on... (more)

The fields below the Moodna Viaduct are full of spring flowers as a Port Jervis bound train heads north.

Foggy Morning Meet - A pair of Connecticut Department of Transportation Shore Line East commuter trains meet west of Old Saybrook station on Amtrak's Shore Line while shuttling commuters along the... (more)

Westbound and eastbound NJT commuter trains are meeting along the Northeast Corridor in Elizabeth.

The shed at Hoboken is full of activity during the evening rush with a good mix of units spanning NJT’s history poking out. 4103 and 4102 are both former CNJ units and among the oldest in the fl... (more)

North Yard was built to move trains. Once DRGW's main yard on the eastern end, then Southern Pacific's, and now Union Pacific. These two GP40's work locals out of this facility, and the SW's and G... (more)

An Ex/SP GP40P-2 teamed up with Colorado Springs's DRGW caboose.

commuter power leads an eastbound SP train passing Jack London Square in Oakland, CA

The 1792 rests at NC DOT Capital yard Raleigh, NC. Slowly she is being parted out, after being involved in a crossing accident at 79mph with a low boy hauling an excavator in Mebane, NC.

Happy Holidays 2010...

As a railfan often photographing trains from afar, it's easy to forget just how massive these things are. A reminder of the scale of these machines is provided by a SHP officer surveying the damag... (more)