Union Pacific’s MDVRO freight exits Tunnel 27 in the Tunnel District east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on June 15, 2001. Leading the train is UP EMD SD40T-2 No. 8571, formerly Rio Grande No. 5343.

A pair of SD40's notches up the hill east of Bagdad with aluminum ingots in tow.

RJ Corman's loaded aluminum ingot train runs down the street in Frankfort, KY, as the train makes its way towards Louisville.

Due to tropical storm Isaias, NECR had postponed train 323 until the next day. When I found out it was a daytime run over the northern Palmer Sub and Roxbury Sub, the chase was on. Here, the train... (more)

WLE train 291 from Akron, OH to Hartland, OH makes a last light appearance in Medina, OH. This is where they’ll make a stop to do some work before proceeding West. Which is what caused this to b... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific SD40T-2s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound UP manifest climbing toward Donner summit at Soda Springs, CA. Both units were appropriately filthy. SP 8232 is a late &... (more)

We're enjoying the show atop Tunnel 9 as nine Santa Fe units bring a manifest out of Tunnel 8 and around the Tehachapi Loop. I recall the sounds of the SD's from this vantage point were pretty de... (more)

A trio of Trona Railway SD40-2 variants pull hard on a 70 car empty coal train headed to the UP interchange at Searles. The water tower on the left is a relic of the steam era, used during a time ... (more)

A pair of well-worn Southern Pacific units leads TV-556X south down the Northern Branch toward Croxton Yard. The train is approaching the Secaucus Road grade crossing in North Bergen. At left is... (more)

Trona Railway SD40T-2 leads a short train downgrade at the Trona Pinacles with 3 of its fellow EMD counterparts. An early departure from Searles station enabled some great evening shots of the ret... (more)

The power for Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local out of Helper, Utah, sits near the locomotive facility on the cold night of December 1, 2004.

As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 �... (more)