It is a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Colorado, somewhat rare during smoke and monsoon season. BNSF 8782 starts approximately 50 cars of manifest out of Rollins Siding. The train has just met Amt... (more)

A BNSF manifest is lifted up Tehachapi by two bran-new Tier IV locomotives....

Wrong way Grain Load. BNSF6613 South is one of the more unusual southbound grain loads that occasionally climbs Tehachapi. The train was here at Cable climbing out of a thick marine fog layer. ... (more)

The Grand Junction wreck train heads east near Buena Vista. The train is made up mostly of Rio Grande Equipment and was staged in Grand Junction. The train is headed east for a derailment in Brow... (more)

Derailment in Browns Canyon in June 1995. Ex. DRGW side booms are on scene clearing the mainline of the Royal Gorge Route. MOW forces would have the mainline open in less than 24 hours. In 1995 ... (more)

A battered veteran of mountain railroading climbs Tennessee Pass. While the coal trains got the new AC4400s, drag freights got whatever could be thrown together. On this train a mixed lash-up of... (more)

SW1000 switches the North Yard lead in August 1996. The old EMD built in 1966 could not be MU'd to anything, so it was always a lone switcher...

SP361 west hustles thru Minturn after a crew change. The train is new Southern Pacific subsidiary CTRN coal hoppers. the cars were mostly used to haul coal to Tennessee Valley Authority.

Southern Pacific 295 makes the assault on the longest sustained section of 3% grade on Tennessee Pass (Pando-Mitchell) The train has 9 big AC motors 3x3x3.

A new SD75m awaits assignment, while some older brothers get some tender loving care. The SD75M was one of the last new locomotives delivered to the Santa Fe.

SP153 sits with mates at Wisconsin Central's Schiller Park, IL yard. The locomotives are likely off a taconite or coal load as they sit awaiting their next assignment. The second unit is a C44-9W... (more)

Belt Railway of Chicago acted as Southern Pacific's classification yard and agent for Chicago. The yard became a flood of Southern Pacific equipment. This consist has a Conrail leader. CR564 is a ... (more)

SP221, 200 and sister sit awaiting set-up for final delivery to Southern Pacific. The bran-new AC4400s will be assigned to taconite and Utah/Colorado coal service. Belt Railway of Chicago acted... (more)

SP8186 was part of a quartet that likely came off a taconite train, as there was a ore train leaving the yard with three new AC4400s. The AC traction engines were just being delivered and the -9s ... (more)

A string a GP40s lead a train out of Sand Patch Tunnel. It seemed like most manifests over Sand Patch in this time period were lead by 4 axle motors....