Originally SAL, with the Hancock air whistle still in place, long after its days as a passenger unit ended.

Union Pacific EMD SDP35's numbered 1400-1409. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Hump power

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Seaboard Air Line 1114 has resided near the Hamlet Depot for several years now, and within the last couple years recieved it's first new paint job since 1992.

Southwest Portland Cement shuttle train is at the load out near Victorville, California.

Because the tiny Bostic yard is already packed, a long Clinchfield-bound manifest freight has pulled down the line to Forest City to clear the main for a sb/eb coal train off the CRR. Once the un... (more)

A grand old name in Union Pacific passenger lore, the Overland, westbound Train 27, passes under the C&S overpass at the west end of Cheyenne on December 26, 1965. Led by SDP35’s 1407 and 1400, ... (more)

On the inaugural run for Terry Respondek's Squaw Creek Southern, Terry himself cracks the throttle on #11 as the train crosses Cypress Creek on the way back to Yankeetown.

Just like older humans, reduced to yard service. This one began on L&N. Note the builders plate intact and an older type headlight housing.

Starting out on the L&N as a SDP that never had a steam generator this unit has had its steam generator compartment truncated but still has a flat end. After 25 years its reduced to a workaday ya... (more)

Almost daily, Seaboard operated No. 88 in 2 (or more) sections. No. 88 was a workhorse on the Virginia Division handling interchange traffic with connecting railroads and setoffs and pickups at v... (more)