What's neat about the photo is that you can see both ends of the train. A Roger Puta Photograph

DALE JUNCTION WY Oct 19 1977 -- UP SD40 3121 leads a covered hopper train onto the double track. The train is exiting the alternate main line on track three and entering track two.

CN 5090 races a CN hotshot freight west along the Thompson River at Martel siding east of Spences Bridge in August 1975. Not far behind it the Super Continental is making time as both trains roll ... (more)

Making its exit from Allentown yard, a 104-car westbound Conrail manifest passes the building that once housed the Allentown Plant of the W. T. Hahn Motor Truck Company. In 1929, Hahn merged with ... (more)

Race of the Lucky 7's! Both trains are moving as Soo Line 737 and BN 7077 drag race each other thru Newport, MN in November of 1988.

CNW train 406 rumbles southward into Haugen, WI on its way from Spooner to Altoona. Here it is crossing Bear Creek at the southeast end of Bear Lake. A Conrail SD40-2 adds a little unusual color t... (more)

The 53 car Escalante Western makes its morning run up to El Segundo Mine as it rolls across the endless plateaus of northwestern New Mexico

The 53 car Western Fuels Association train of empties head north for El Segundo Mine along Rte 509.

SD40 CNW 883, SD45 CNW 955 and CR SD40-2 6509 have the Duluth/Superior-Chicago train 406 in tow south of Spooner, WI near Sarona. The train is about to go under the old Hwy. 53 overpass as it head... (more)

Sitting in the Bright Texas Sun

On October 27, 2016, Texas Gonzales & Northern Railway SD40 132 is seen just outside the railroad’s enginehouse in Harwood, Texas. Built by EMD's C... (more)

SD40 No. 8411 leads a westbound SP manifest under the signal bridge located about a mile south of Stockton Tower.

HEAVENER OK Sept 1977 -- KCS SD 40 619 and heads south with a mixed freight.

I know it was SBD at this point but hey, I won't tell if you won't. I'm pushing the idea of a Ohio to Savannah MRL-type railroad with equal access and we could name it, well, Clinchfield. I can ... (more)

Early era Conrail heads west through Calumet City Illinois in 1977.

Striped. Recently repainted VLSX 5232 (an ex-CN 'straight' ex-CN SD40) shows off its nose stripes in the small Prairie Dog Central yard at Inkster Junction on a sunny morning.