BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

CSX B725-09 headed eastbound through Clyde NY bound for Sewaren NJ 2-10-24.

A quiet Saturday morning that still has some patchy fog hanging in the air finds a three-person crew performing some switching moves alongside the Blandin paper mill near downtown Grand Rapids, MN... (more)

New York and Atlantic 151 and 261 done for the day

A colorful group of Union Pacific SD70ACe locomotives was found in the railroad's Dolores Yard on this October day: UP 1996 (their Southern Pacific Heritage unit, and the former UP 8523), UP 1988... (more)

There was a lot of interesting equipment in the San Luis & Rio Grande's yard in Alamosa when I visited. On the left is a former Southern Pacific caboose, Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau (... (more)

ATSF 128 and 112, both GP60Ms, face off at Corwith Yard, Chicago between runs to the West Coast.

A Santa Fe business car is parked with other business train equipment at Archer Avenue, Chicago. At this time Santa Fe still handled servicing on power & equipment used over its lines by Amtrak. R... (more)

Amtrak E units gather with a couple BN E9Ms at the Zephyr Pit located south of Union Station. At this time BN handled much of Amtrak's engine servicing in Chicago. Amtrak units were still using st... (more)

MILW 60A, an FP7 built as 90A in June 1950, mates with an F7A and moves away from the MILW engine terminal at Pig's Eye Yard, St. Paul. After a career of handling Hiawatha's and other MILW passeng... (more)

GMTX 2138 (ex-RI) switches a cut of repaired hoppers in Racine, WI. in February of 2014. The cars were repaired at he Cudahy car shops. The train is on UP's Kenosha Sub, formerly CNW's Old Line th... (more)

M&ET RP20BD 2005 leads a long cut of cars to be spotted at Empire Yard.

CSX B780-02 headed westbound through Lyons NY bound for Proviso IL 2-6-24.

BN 1828 and 1762 head up a couple tracks of local and helper service power at Wenatchee in early June 1974. Wenatchee was a hub for locals serving the Wenatchee Valley, the branch to Oroville, the... (more)

BN 1726 has arrived in Butte with its freight after crossing Homestake Pass and Bozeman Hill having originated in Livingston. A UP A-B-B-A set consisting of an SD40, two GP30Bs and a GP30 sit near... (more)