The locals between Fort Dodge at Waterloo were daylight trains when I started for the CN back in 2004. Normally 2 jobs would go to work in the morning then meet and swap trains somewhere around th... (more)

Once the IC took back over the Chicago Central in 1996, the changes didn't take long in Iowa to come. 6 Axles and all black consist were around within a couple years. An eastbound roars over the W... (more)

SOO 749 has just arrived at Irvine Yard in Chippewa Falls, WI after a cold trip from Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis, MN. A crew member has left the locomotive to throw a switch for the engine track.... (more)

On a dreary December day, an eastbound Conrail auto parts train has pulled out of Abrams yard and is passing Norris Tower near Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. While he no longer has to hoop up orders, ... (more)

“WYE I Sing the Blues”
Conrail BUEN (Buffalo-Enola), with CR SD40 6340 on point, is southbound at CP-WYE on the Buffalo Line, about to cross the Rockville Bridge, at 16:57 on 04/24/1... (more)

A merchandise freight with CR 6666 SD45-2 ex-EL 3681 trailing, travels north on Conrail's Corning Secondary. Through service on this line ended October, 1988. This former NYC line was dismantled f... (more)

Union Pacific SD40 3110 stands outside the shops at Cheyenne, Wyoming on a rainy May day in 1987.

Early Conrail eastbound manifest freight with CNJ Red Baron 3067 SD40 trailing unit speeds past Leaman Place, the interchange with the Strasburg Rail Road.

An assortment of five Southern Pacific SD’s brings an eastbound train off of Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff at Dike.

SP 8487 East roars out of the Caliente Creek Narrows on a hot afternoon in August 1974. The steep hills surrounding the dug-in right of way are golden brown, but the trees flanking the Caliente Cr... (more)

Four SD9Es team up with an SD40 to lift a heavy SP manifest as it approaches the west switch of Marcel. Cut into the train is a four-unit helper.

I am in the cab of Milwaukee Road SD40-2 MILW 187, looking out at the various power in the diesel service area at the UP North Platte yard. It was quite an experience for my wife and I to get a V... (more)

On September 15, 1990, a southbound Kansas City Southern grain train departs Kansas City, Missouri, at Air Line Junction led by EMD SD40 No. 633.

As snow falls over the Tehachapi Mountains, an SP eastbound crosses over itself on the Loop. Up front is SD40 No. 8432, not one of the 10 40s equipped with extra ballast for increasing adhesion fo... (more)

A Soo Line SD40/SD40-2 duo leads D&H 266 into Oak Island Yard. During the mid-90s it was not uncommon to see Soo Line units mixed with CP and even D&H power on this train. In the distance, a bra... (more)