From the West Coast to the Dirty South! Ex. ATSF/BNSF units find new life on the Greenville & Western shortline operation in South Carolina. The leader, GRLW 4204 is now painted in company... (more)

Almost 35 years ago to the day, Santa Fe 3279 and Santa Fe 2959 are on their side. Heavy rains cause track damage in the area, requiring work crews to repair the track. As crews were working in th... (more)

A two-man crew uses ex-ATSF GP30u 2443 - which celebrated its 55th birthday in January 2018 - to shove 19 gondolas toward a tie-treatment plant a few miles west of Wister. This is the former CRI&... (more)

A high-hood GP30 leads an Alco Century and a pair of EMDs on a caboose hop through Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

Near sunset, as an SP light helper waits just shy of the crossover on Track One, Santa Fe 2764 roars up the stiff grade with a heavy manifest in tow.

A pair of Norfolk & Western Geeps are seen traversing through Pullman Junction on Chicago's South Side. Note the Nickel Plate Road paint fading through on the second unit. Tom Golden photo.

WC 713, a former Soo Line GP30 featuring Alco AAR trucks, runs long hood front with a local freight on the Spencer-Ashland, WI line that branches off the mainline at Spencer. It appears the train ... (more)

A friendly wave and a GP30, on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1982.

D&RGW 3008 SP 7856 and D&RGW 3015 are on the return stage of their run on the Garfield Division.

The train affectionately know as the tramp. Rio Grande 3008, SP 7856, and Rio Grande 3015 are out on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. The train is on the return trip on the Garfield Branch, ... (more)

A modified ATSF EMD GP30 and an SD45 sit alongside a standing westbound freight atop Cajon Pass. The different color schemes stand out well in the bright afternoon sun. The GP30 is now classified ... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 501, prior to it's recent scheme change, is pictured with the 7436 (EMD SD35) at the station in Cumberland.

The Frostburg Flyer with the WMSR 501 in the "circus scheme" in the lead pulls into the station on a nice Autumn day.

Back in Service. In late 1988, an up-turn in rail business forced Conrail to pull some GP30 and GP35 units out of storage. One of the re-activated GP30s is shown leading a coal train. ... (more)