BN 2016 retains its GN appearance in North La Crosse, WI in August 1972. The short hood is the rear of this unit and the GP20s were the final long hood front and high nose road switchers GN acquir... (more)
Looking just like a GN GP20, BN 2006 sits in the snow at Minneapolis at the former GN engine facilities. The only thing missing is the GN logo plaque mounted on the side handrails. GN's GP20 fleet... (more)
A trio of former Milwaukee Road EMD GP20s, now owned by Chicago Central & Pacific, depart the CC’s locomotive facility at Hawthorne Yard at Cicero, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. These EMD GP9s... (more)
DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — BN GP20 2021 awaits its fate. The unit is former Great Northern 2021 (b/n 26289). It was delivered in November 1960. BN retired it in November 1981. My photo.
A Santa Fe freight cruises eastbound through Toluca, Illinois, powered by EMD GP20 No. 3032, along with a GP7u and another GP20, on April 16, 1994.
A City of Prineville freight arrive back at Prineville after a trip to the BNSF connection at Prineville Junction near Redmond, Oregon, on September 28, 2016. The train is powered by No. 989, a fo... (more)
Switching the Industrial Park
Of the seventy-five Santa Fe GP20s, only sixteen were merger painted.
At 9:54 a.m. on April 16, 1994, an eastbound Santa Fe freight rolls through Toluca, Illinois, led by venerable ATSF EMD GP20 No. 3032. Even near the end of its existence, Santa Fe could deliver a ... (more)
PONCA CITY OK (August) 1981 — ATSF GP20u 3033 handles switching duties in this north-central city in Oklahoma. A large customer is the ConocoPhillips oil refinery but this photo highlights the ... (more)
DENVER CO Oct 3 1983 — Burlington Northern GP20 2048 rests at the engine facility. My photo.
The early EMD era for Georgia Central called for interesting consists to say the least. And for the consist on L783 back in November of 2017 was as such. And a colorful one to! Leading the train i... (more)
Central New England Railroad GP20 #3006 leads two loaded coal cars into their yard in Bloomfield at the end of the Griffin Industrial.
Central New England Railroad GP20 #3006 leads two loaded coal cars through Bloomfield after grabbing them from the interchange yard in Hartford.
PURCELL OK April 29 1979 — Santa Fe GP20 3154 awaits a crew to continue its journey with a mixed freight in tow. My photo.