After interchanging cars with CSX, PAL's GP39 8507 returns to their yard. The 8507 was the former Bay Line 507.

The southbound OT-1 (Ore Train 1) is at Kelvin, just north of Ray Junction.

The OT-1 is southbound at Ray Junction on a crisp clear day.

Local power for the Kanawha River Railroad out of Dickinson sits quietly on an unseasonably warm and overcast January afternoon. With no work on this Saturday afternoon, the power will wait for t... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Utah Transit Authority, 901, known as Snowflake, idles away, at the 4th South Yard, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Snowflake, is leased by UTA, to Union Pacific, for use in switching the 4th South Yard... (more)

EMD’s GP39 was a limited-production model, only penetrating the rosters of three railroads. Industrial Kennecott Copper bought one, shortline Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay purchased two, and Class 1 C... (more)

CBRY 505 hustles the unit train towards Ray Mine as it catches the sun literally 1 minute before sinking below the mountains.

The unit train is seen at the bottom of Hayden Spur where it crosses Rte 177 and into the yard. The train will keep rolling for Ray Mine arriving shortly after sunset.

BNSF 2819 emerges from the shadows at Valley, WA, slowing down to pick up a few cars at the sand industry. The power has been typical of this job for a couple years, with GP cab units on either e... (more)

A train of sulfuric acid swings through the curve at Kelvin on the final stretch to the mine at Ray on the Copper Basin.

A train of sulphuric acid comes from the processor at Hayden heading for the mine at Ray. A few ore cars are up front to serve as buffers on this Copper Basin train.

2 units sit on the fuel pad at Dickinson on a quiet Sunday Morning on the new Kanawha River Railroad.

The Whitefish, Montana road switcher is leaving Stryker, MT after interchanging with the Mission Mountain Railway. The former GP30 was delivered as CB&Q 969, and is paired with BNSF 2834, the fo... (more)

The Whitefish, Montana road switcher is leaving Stryker, MT after interchanging with the Mission Mountain Railway. The former GP30 was delivered as CB&Q 969, and is paired with BNSF 2834, the fo... (more)