Hard to imagine but in 1990 a solid set of UP power on a coal train in the Powder River Basin was more the exception than the rule. CNW normally added at least one unit to all the power sets that ... (more)
Near the end of a long spring day CNW 8514, UP 9152, 6168 head an empty train back to the mines near Logan. This area is either triple or four tracks wide now and catching a standard cab unit on a... (more)
By 1990 the Soo Line was long gone from my Upper Michigan haunts and the WC still held little interest to me with the mixed power sets of units roaming the area in their former owners paint scheme... (more)
Valentine's Day in 1992 finds a trio of fairly new C&NW C40-8s stopped with a coal train meeting a rolling sister (8539) leading empties back to a mine at track speed. A crew member is positioned... (more)