Montana Rail Link LM train (Laurel to Missoula freight) bends through Lombard Canyon between Lombard and Toston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 11, 1995. On the point is EMD F45 No. 391 le... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MLAUMIS, also known as the LM, is heading through Rock Creek (between Bonita and Clinton), Montana, on October 7, 2005. The westbound train operating from Laurel to Missoula ... (more)

An eastbound at Logan, MT is led by an ex-BN F45, followed by an ex-PRR SD45 that had gone through PC, CR and C&NW ownership, and an ex-BN SD45 that appears to have been owned by Susie-Q at one ti... (more)

A New York, Susquehanna & Western excursion is on the return leg of a Little Ferry, New Jersey – Warwick, New York round trip. Here an F45 leads the train through Vernon, New Jersey.

Possibly the most-photographed EMD F45’s were the two ex-Burlington Northern units that ended up on the New York, Susquehanna & Western. Here on of them leads an excursion past the restored stat... (more)

Ex-BN 6644 sits with ex-BN 6642 in Livingston. Both were active at the time, but not for much longer.

Two F45’s and a pair of SD45-2’s ease a westbound Santa Fe off of Cajon Summit near the present=day location of Silverwood.

Great Night. During a visit to the historic Izaak Walton Inn, one can not only see trains but stay in one! In 2009, former ATSF (since repainted) Great Northern EMD F45 441 was brought to ... (more)

From the old, unused Highway 12 overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, Montana Rail Link’s ML freight led by EMD F45 No. 391 cruises toward Mullan Pass between Garrison and Avon, Montana, on August... (more)

Waitin’ at the switch
Wisconsin Central’s westbound PRANA freight, led by EMD F45 No. 6651, switches at Black Wolf, Wisconsin, as the man on the ground tries to stay warm at the junc... (more)

This former Santa Fe F45 is now repainted in Great Northern "Big Sky Blue" and repurposed as a luxury cabin at the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, MT. The inn itself was built in 1939 by the ... (more)

A coal train loaded at the Hiawatha loadout. Passes a new coal tower being built at Wattis. The combo of F45's would only last the rest of this month, as a pure set. Ex SP SD45's would come on the... (more)

A Santa Fe F45 leads a 51-car eastbound TOFC train through Cajon Pass. The summit is just around the next curve.

New toys for Utah Railway. After parting ways with their Alco's. Utah Railway leased Union Pacific power. Until they got these four ex Burlington Northern F45's. I believe they were technically le... (more)