Commuter Cadillacs! Both of SP's steam generator-equipped SD9s lead commute train #56. 4450 and 4451 were known as "Huff and Puff". I believe that's Tunnel #3 in background.

Built by Electro-Motive London, Ontario, Canada. Santa Fe GP60M #156 & 157 are ready for delivery. From my slide collection. Dave Stowe Photo.

F3's in dedicated helper service shove another one west up the slope past Alto.

Easily the weirdest train I've ever witnessed on the D&RGW is this one right here. Rio Grande's 649 local descends the Mapleton Bench near Spanish Fork with an Amtrak Lounge Cafe car, three Kennec... (more)

With plenty of help from the SP, Rio Grande's 126 train grinds its way east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 5, 1988. Utah's typically azure blue skies turned grey for weeks... (more)

Cresting the first of two mountain grades within the Coast Range on the Squamish subdivision, a southward British Columbia Railway freight curves along Gates Lake with mostly forest products desti... (more)

Brakeshoes smoke after descending the summit west of Altoona, the crew brought the train down the mountain safely and may run through. The coupler cover, still intact, is noteworthy. The station i... (more)

A light engine move past the invading diesels grabs John's attention away from the shop overview shots he'd been taking on this July morning 60+ years ago. The 2-10-0's were the heavy haulers on ... (more)

Rio Grande's Helper Local blasts off from Provo Yard after making a pickup on July 31, 1988. The well groomed track in the foreground leads to a nearby Stouffer's plant.

Tunnel Motors doing what they do best.

Before the addition of the second track through Abo Canyon westbound Kansas City to San Bernardino, CA train ZKCKSBD was descending through the canyon passing over bridge number seven from the wes... (more)

A trio of mixed Clinchfield power moves through a switch in the yard in Erwin, TN. This was a typical style lashup for the Clinchfield during this time, as management and yardmasters took the idea... (more)

A Seaboard System unit coal train rolls through Cattlesburg, KY with a pair of SD50's and a Chessie SD40. Seaboard System purchased a lot of new power after their formation, including SD50's and B... (more)

The last Utah Railway GP38-2 in traditional gray and red livery awaits a call to serve in the former D&RGW Transfer yard at Ogden. If you look closely, you can spot some of its original Aspen Gold... (more)

A westbound is just east of Holbrook...this scene is no longer possible account there is now a locked gate blocking access to this area...and I bet the cantilever signal is now gone as well.