Was it any crossties or was it the sod that held the gauge on MILW's Winifred branch near Suffolk when the local with eight 40-ft. box cars tenderly negotiated it at 10 mph? Remnants of old "rai... (more)

Eleven miles from Lewistown, Mont., MILW's local to Winifred actually traversed the siding (elevator track) because the "main line" was out of service. Speed limit was 10 mph.

The evolution of EMD road power awaits a call to duty on the east and west hooky tracks outside the Roper diesel shop in South Salt Lake. It's pretty amazing how open Rio Grande's Roper terminal w... (more)

Rio Grande SD7 #5302 enjoys a little down time on the service rail at Helper Yard. The D&RGW purchased five new SD7s from Electro Motive in May 1953. Already 24 years of age by 1977, the 5302 woul... (more)

From time to time when traffic levels were high, Provo Trainmaster Eddie Anderson would run a Provo - Roper Turn. SD7 #5302 and GP9s #5922 and 5942 lead a nice long train just west of town through... (more)

As the sun sets on a winter's day, Rio Grande's afternoon switch job meanders along the Provo Yard drill track, as viewed from the University Avenue overpass. Sadly, the stately D&RGW passenger st... (more)

Near sunset, an SD7 and a C630 switch strings of cars at the east end of the yard.

The conductor of SP 2704 is about to throw the switch so the SD7 and her mates can cross over from the east- to the westbound main and return to Bakersfield after helping a manifest up the hill to... (more)

SP SD7 No. 2704 and mates wait for permission from the Valley-Mountain dispatcher in Bakersfield to head light down the mountain after helping an eastbound manifest. Many of SP's SD7s were deliver... (more)

B&O's SD7s and SD9s always seemed elusive to me. They always were buried in the yard at Cumberland and in a place I could not get access. On May 5, 1978, I was pleased when SD7 No. 1827 and GP7 ... (more)

One of my favorite EMD units and a real rarity (They only had 10) on the UP. Fortunately even then I knew this. When I saw it I was on my way from Virginia to California and veered off the road ... (more)

I have no idea what those people down there were doing. The SD7 however was ex-CB&Q 309. The dinkey is inbound just minutes from leaving Aurora has a generator car on the rear.

A trio of Union Pacific SD7s and SD40-2s await an assignment at UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. It appears there must have been a big rain shower earlier in the day.

With FTA #410A.