The DC days of coal train power were waning with the prevalence of BNs huge SD70MAC fleet, though variety would occasionally present itself - here in the form of a Dash9, C30-7, SD40-2 combo leadi... (more)

The 600 series of Dash9s were some of the last units painted in "original" warbonnet colors before BNSF lettering intruded upon the nose and sides. Here a set of them with a GP60 trailin... (more)

Rebuilt GP30 No. 1272, known as a GP30u, that had gone through repainting in the horrid SPSF merger scheme and was restored in proper colors leads a local freight west out of the sag between Chale... (more)

Pulling the grade out of the valley of the Green River in the desolate landscape surrounding the Book Cliffs of Utah, SP 350 leads CTRN coal empties toward Grand Junction, CO and the North Fork Br... (more)

Santa Fe seemed to derive more longevity out of its power than many roads - that yielded an interesting assortment of power. The road also seemed to have a fondness for four axle power that lasted... (more)

A little St. Patty's Day green in the form of BN 5020 leading a westbound on the former Burlington Route at Greenwood, NE, enroute Lincoln and beyond. A GP50 and LMX B39-8 trail.

Proviso to Seattle double-stacks depart Fremont, NE on a spring afternoon. The C&NW colors look better and better as time goes by, as does the classic "ball and bar" corporate logo that ... (more)

Westbound symbol freight ESPI rolls through Mattawanna, PA on a rainy morning in the Juniata valley. This location was designated as "McVeytown" in PRR time-tables, although that town ac... (more)

Getting used to Santa Fe rails, a pair of BN motors lead a fast rolling eastbound through the curves in Camden, MO. The venerable wig wag crossing signal here started clanging well before a train ... (more)

Flatland flyer: Amidst an early morning run of traffic in the bottom lands along the Missouri River east of Kansas City, AT&SF 3806 East in the company of two GP60s rips through rural Henrietta, M... (more)

CNW 8644 looks attractive leading a five unit lashup on a westbound double-stack train. There was a great cacophony as the train rattled over the BNSF diamond in Fremont, NE on a late spring after... (more)

On an overcast, gray morning CR 6796 leads a westbound manifest through the crossover at Hunt interlocking. Remnants of this location's PRR heritage exist - from the keystone station sign on the p... (more)

CR 6764 leads a westbound mail train through Leshville, PA in the autumn of '94. It was a Sunday and power was being excessed west, thus the large assortment of power.

ATSF 562 leads an eastbound across the impressive span at Canyon Diablo, AZ.

A westbound coal train is nearing the summit of Raton Pass as its DPUs pass Wootton, CO. It was still the good ol' days when BNSF operated a daily manifest and occasional other trains over this ar... (more)