The Illinois Railway's Job 106 leads 21 cars through the small town of Grand Ridge, bound for Streator. IR 7444 and 3500 provide the power, making for a cool lash-up.

IR SD45R 7444 and IR GP35 3500 smoke it up southbound, as engineer Vahey puts the hammer down, approaching a small grade.

Santa Fe 5363 East roars through the big cut at West Perrin on the Williams-Crookton Line Relocation.

As an SP engineer inspects and makes ready his helper power in the spur at Bena, a Santa Fe eastbound comes down the hill from Sandcut behind his locomotives in the fading light.

As the desert sun sets, a 10,000-ton coal train off the UP at Barstow roars up the stiff grade out of Mojave into the Tehachapi Mountains. The coal train is headed for a cogenerator in the San Joa... (more)

IR SD45 7444 ducks under CB&Q signals at West Eola with its recently installed gyralight in action. I can't think of any other railroad where one can shoot gyralight equipped SD45s under these cla... (more)

B&P only has a few SD45 bodies left as 457 is accompanied by 3 of their repalcement SD40-3's working the Homer City Power Plant.

Remembering B&P's SD45's. It was nice while they lasted!

The San Gabriel mountains provide the backdrop for a quartet of Southern Pacific power, as they lead a freight on the climb up Cajon Pass.

Illinois Railway's Job 107 makes an unsual daylight appearance over the Ottawa line, as the lines newly aquired SD45R, 7444, rolls along at 10mph. The train skirts the Fox River just south of Os... (more)

IR SD45R 7444, a tunnel motor and one of the HBR SD50s lead the 107 job over the Fox River.

Ohio Central 7499 visits Wheeling & Lake Erie's Brewster shop for a little maintenance.

It's a bitterly cold December evening in Truckee as an eastbound prepares to depart. The engineer is comfy in his nice warm cab, while I'm outside freezing in order to get the photograph.

SP 7551 helps out ailing F40PHs # 393 and 333 on the eastbound California Zephyr.