In the shadow of Mount Shasta, an eastbound arrives at Grass Lake. The summit of the Southern Cascades is a couple of miles ahead.

DMIR 409 and a pair of Illinois Central SD40-2s grind up Proctor Hill with ore empties en route from the Duluth dock to Proctor Yard. In this view, Superior, WI and its refineries can be seen in t... (more)

A CN empty ore transfer prepares to tackle Proctor Hill at Collinwood in Duluth's west end. The rebuilt SD45T-2 was acquired by DMIR second hand and retains DMIR lettering and former number. Durin... (more)

On the former Rock Island main line to Limon, Colorado, an eastbound Kyle grain train arrives at Seibert to do some switching at the Seibert Equity Co-Op Association grain elevator on May 6, 2014.... (more)

Southern Pacific SD45T-2 9177 leads Milwaukee Road SD40-2s MILW 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 through Sullivan's Curve area on Cajon Pass. The power originated on a train coming out of Taylor yard in... (more)

3 former SP SD45T-2's lead an eastbound manifest on the ex-Rock Island in Gem Kansas.

Former Southern Pacific SD45T-2 9391 leads a Missouri and Northern Arkansas freight over the Union Pacific Sedalia Subdivision in Independence.

A westbound Cotton Belt freight crosses the Kansas City Terminal’s Kaw River Bridge (also known as the Kansas River Bridge) on December 8, 1985. This massive structure has four main lines—two ... (more)

Southern Pacific #6819 leads a 1EUCHQ Lumber Wagon through Princeton, Colorado in early 1997.

An early morning SP westbound on UP/MP's Jefferson City Sub is about to cross one of the Merrimack River bridges near Eureka, MO.

Like a phantom out of the past, ex-SP SD45T-2 No. 9400, now in the employ of Indiana & Ohio, heads back to home rails after delivering a transfer here at Queensgate Yard. Note the placement of the... (more)

A trio of former SP SD45T-2’s lead a manifest East on the KYLE mainline in Gem, KS

On a hot, July evening, a few of us ventured out south of Kansas City to photograph the Missouri & Northern Arkansas, as word had gotten out about one of their ex-SP Tunnel Motors leading it out o... (more)

Passing the abandoned beet loader at Sargent with old style beet racks on the drawbar.

SP 6788 East, a manifest headed for the yard at West Colton, CA, grinds its way up the relentless grade at Bealville in the heart of the Tehachapi Mountains. The smooth, rounded sides of the mount... (more)