This unit started out on the Missouri Pacific in June, 1973. After wearing UP colors, it was sold to helm leasing where it continues to earn a keep on the UP in Guadalupe.

Helm Leasing SD40M-3 6080 leads a colorful consist on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train near Ilmon, in California's Tehachapi Mountains, on November 29th, 1997. Built in January 197... (more)

HLCX 8137 leads train K498 through West Economy as the line goes from double track to single track eastbound.

The engineer for Q190 poses for a shot while at CP Aldene. This unit started out as SP 8436 and was later rebuilt and given number 7336. When Helm received the unit, they patched over the numbers ... (more)

A former Southern Pacific SD40R leads intermodal train Q190 over 1st Avenue. This unit was built for SP as an SD40 and was rebuilt into an SD40R in the 80's. It is now owned by Helm Leasing. The ... (more)

L217 rounds the curve at Lander, Maryland heading west as it approaches Brunswick Yard and then continuing onward to its final destination at Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

It is a hot, muggy eve of the 1st day of summer as L565 eases back onto the main from the siding in Fosterville and heads north after letting a southbound stack train pass. This Helm Financial SD... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

"Espee" HLCX Nº6341 charges up the A&WP/WofA Subdivision through College Park, Ga. during it's Waycross, Georgia to Cincinnati, Ohio trip.

This former UP engine, now flagged with Helm Financial, runs long hood forward as it pulls cars from the old sugar mill plant in Loveland, Colorado, which is now the home of the Great Western Rail... (more)

In the San Francisco Bay Area Four GP 38-2 locomotives cruise along San Pablo Bay in search of work.

HLCX 1003, leased to the Railnet, takes the day off sitting in Flag Center.