CSX Readville local L010 is seen passing through Norwood on a beautiful sunny morning the day after a Nor'easter.

A former Southern unit is the last one in a helper string about to cut off. Hard to believe NS is well past its 40th birthday.

UP SD40-2 snoot no. 3288 poses next to SDP35 1406 at Argo Yard where both units lead consists that will depart with freights for Portland/Hinkle and points east. In this era UP also had a through ... (more)

The D&I train out of Dell Rapids came in today as a monster 126x0, 17228/6950. Once to Sioux City, the train has to be delivered and yarded. 2 crews work off each end to make the delivery/yarding ... (more)

One can see a lot goes on here as the CN/UP/BNSF all cross each other, going different ways for mainlines and industrial leads. The CN is currently shoving over to deliver to the BNSF and DAIR. Th... (more)

Life was simple in the 90s. A SD40 was coming to a train near you! Honestly, we got tired of it, but now it looks a lot better than a stupid GE. Im sure someday the GE era will be different. Man, ... (more)

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Here the St. Paul pri... (more)

Here is a shot that brings back memories. I spent many days in my early days taking pictures at East Cabin. Trains on the BN-CCP were fairly regular, and one could get a good amount of trains for ... (more)

SD40B helps out the cause as this eastbound freight crosses the Chicago Central at East Dubuque. The BN had 3 of these rare type motors rebuilt from SD40-2 shells. The 7500 is ex- BN 7221, and the... (more)

BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) survives in its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint as it waits for servicing at the BNSF engine facility in Denver, Colorado.

NS Dayton to Emory Gap Tennessee local T36 waits to proceed north for a southbound to enter a siding. Up front SD40-2 1636 that was built in July 1974.

Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)

The Florida Gulf and Atlantic's Tallahassee East job passes by the signals at NE Greenville along the former CSX Tallahassee Subdivision. The leader, FURX 6249, has since become RJ Corman 6249 and... (more)

“Line of Departure”
The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)

A Nebraska Central SD40-2 is tied down with a single tank car on one of the elevator tracks in Stromsburg on a nice December afternoon.