Two EL SDP-45's and a GP-35 are on the head end of a D&H northbound freight waiting in the siding for a meet. Unfortunately my notes say it is only north of Binghamton but not the exact location.

Three, six-motor EMD's are inside the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, but with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL power ... (more)

Three big, six-motor EMD's move out of the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL powe... (more)

Just over a year into its operation, a Paducah and Louisville freight is led by a pair of former Erie Lackawanna units on a southbound freight along the ICG's mainline. Tom Golden photo

Near sunset, SP SDP45 No. 3202 leads a westbound freight into Stockton just after passing the beginning of double track at Acres. From here south all the way to the Lathrop wye, double track will ... (more)

The last SP "Coast Daylight" Train #98 leaves Palo Alto on its way to Los Angeles on the eve of Amtrak.

Train #98 the Coast Daylight at San Jose

Pulling in SP's 16th St. Station to pick their first passengers for the trip down The Valley to L.A.

The slide is undated, but the power and consist are indicative of having been in the first few weeks of Amtrak. All the cars appear to be Espee tomato cans.

Global cooling was the name of the game as minus 22 degree weather greeted EL 3652 and SD45 3603 at Burlington's Dayton Bluff Yard. CB&Q was proactive in making run-through agreements for motive p... (more)

A pair of year-old EMD SDP45s blast upgrade with empty autoracks nearing the old iron bridge at Shin Hollow near Huguenot, New York. This was once triple track, which at some point was reduced ... (more)

An FM H12-44 pulls SP SDP45 No. 3200 onto the turntable at Bayshore, CA. Mechanics have put the big passenger locomotive back together after overhaul, and now its time to get her out on the main l... (more)

A Directors's Special curves along the Sacramento River at Gibson siding.

On a fine late spring morning, the Grants Pass Turn switches out the Croman Corporation sawmill on the south side of Ashland. The flashy SD first out would be back in town less than three months l... (more)

EWLX 329 enters the elevator siding at Hite, WA. The train has one bulkhead flat and is otherwise all empty grain hoppers for distribution along their line to Coulee City. The train will drop the ... (more)