Way back when, if the Union Pacific was power short, even the #6936 was available for freight service. Here is proof as the big DDA40X gets the NPLAV-15 underway westbound at Green River, WY. Scan... (more)

NS 7272 sits in the line awaiting time in the shops. This unit and 2 more were actually rebuilt into SD70ACUs at the Progress Shops in Muncie IN.

The Royse City Rockets westbound with a classy leader on the former MKT Line.

EMD 8204 is on display at the EMD's 75th anniversary open house in La Grange. The demo would become UP 8504 and last only 10 years on the roster.

Leading this S/B Southern Pacific TankTrain, referred to as the Oil Cans is SP SD45R 7534, UP SD40-2 3204, SP SD40T-2 8367 and SP SD45R 7642 near Mojave, California.

Santa Fe GP40X No. 3807 leads an eastbound manifest near the west end of Cable on Tehachapi Pass. According to one engineer, these could be troublesome unit to run. Despite that, railfans liked th... (more)

A pair of Bluebonnets head west out of Hodgkins with Y HOD102.

Former CEFX9486 - SP7486- SP9045

Train #98 the Coast Daylight at San Jose

Norfolk Southern's hotshot intermodal makes a very rare daylight appearance south of Atlanta with former and current engines from Union Pacific providing the power for the priority train.

Southbound NS train 12Q NS 7336 is about to cross the CSX former B&O Chicago Mainline on a very warm February day.

In the late 1970's Union Pacific has side-lined its fleet of DD35A and B-units. Based on operating expenses, units began phasing out in the late 1970's with the B-units being hit hardest. UP 71 ha... (more)

TP&W's LaHarpe Local approaches the P&PU yard lead by a GP40X and a GP20. Note the experimental high adhesion trucks.

Running around its train of two empty center beams at Santa Susana, the power for this morning's edition of the LOF41 hustles past the railroad museum here as the engineer gives a big wave from th... (more)

IORY SD45R #9500, SD45T-2 #9400, and SD40T-2 #4071 are outside the Indiana and Ohio shops in Norwood on a beautiful July afternoon. That's two IORY units in SP paint, plus a third ex-SP motor for ... (more)