We had tickets to ride the train, but of course I had to get a roster of the lead unit as they were hostling the power. This was a spectacular trip; I recommend it highly! At night when they tak... (more)

What do you get when you cross a UP SD45 with an SP SD45 and a rebuild program? An SD40M-2. But take off that a/c and move that plate above the air intake over the cab and you would get a pretty... (more)

For Alex R: I had to put down a McD bacon egg & cheese bagel to get the shot. :-)

Traveling back from Colorado and a family vacation over the Christmas holidays, the only shot I got on the day after New Year's was Eleanor next to the ex FWD mainline between Vernon and Electra. ... (more)

Wallis was the crossing of the SP Eagle Lake branch. Usually any meets on the Santa Fe were quick and to the point. But when you had a train on the branch throwing a monkey wrench into the mix, ... (more)

Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the HB&T as well as the PTRA. You never knew what you would find at Milby in the morning, as all BN and Santa Fe road... (more)

Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the PTRA. Crew was hostling inbound grain train power and cut off this unit, which was the only kodachrome in the con... (more)

Just delivered and setup for first trip west.

Very small decals indicate this S4's ownership of Neosho Construction, but very clear reporting marks of Santa Fe subsidiary Illinois Northern shine on.. But alas, this shot is at a scrapyard in ... (more)

This period saw very few pool power on the ex MP, other than the Southern/NS power on the old NHS. So when we see SD45s and SD45-2s, we wonder what happenned in New Orleans that allowed these uni... (more)

Ex TP&W 2002, one of 6 of the Tip-up's GP38-2s to get the "shouldn't have painted so fast" scheme. Should've seen the artistry that grizzled looking engineer worked on that yard job. Kicking car... (more)

The 7 Tilden job is cutting off it's train and is about to head back to the Tilden mine for another cut. Adjacent to him is the 7 Hill job pumping air in preparation for the downhill run to the d... (more)

After chasing the GB&W 312 to the yard, I run across this guy kicking cars on the east end of the yard. Between the GB&W C424 throttling up after getting the switch and this yard job kicking cars... (more)

Could we call it two pieces of nice looking junk.

Caught this guy out of the engine facility; had to change film and dropped the roll into an open soda cup, so 24 shots gone; doh!. One thing left to do; chase him through the multitude of street ... (more)