A pair of ancient BN SD9s head north out of the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard with a cut of gondolas loaded with fresh Northwest Indiana steel. Tom Golden photo.

BN 6110 and 9819 twirl around the turntable at Superior, Wis. before heading to the wash rack. BN 6110 is former GN 583, an SD9; BN 9819 is former NP 7010C/6709B an F9B that would be renumbered th... (more)

The NECR train 502 power, SD9M 1901, is seen idling at St. Albans, Vermont on Wednesday night. The former GSWR unit has ironically been reclaimed by the GWI acquisition of RailAmerica and subsequ... (more)

First generation EMDs congregate along Rio Grande's Roper diesel shop in South Salt Lake.

A Twin Cities-bound freight comes out of the west end of Marshalltown yard and takes a right off the Council Bluffs mainline to head out the former M&StL toward Mason City.

Freshly painted SD9 6107 leads a special passenger train at Iron River on BN's Ashland branch. This train operated for the Arrowhead Civic Club and underprivileged children from Duluth. It is like... (more)

A DMIR Hill job was climbing Proctor Hill passing above I-35 with a mixed train of limestone and general freight with a couple of spanking clean units leading that were used on a passenger special... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp coasts to a stop at Kennecott Copper's interchange yard below the power plant in Magna.

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp heads north through fields of winter wheat, bound for the Kennecott Copper Corp. interchange yard in Magna. Today this vast open space is filled with commercial business... (more)

Due to a fatal automobile accident involving Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp in West Jordan, the D&RGW sought ways to increase the train's visibility. SD9 #5310 was modified to include a oscillating Gy... (more)

This Bessemer & Lake Erie SD9 (former DMIR 136) is probably working the yard just north of here. Note that we have three moving trains here, two up on the Penn Central main.

DMIR 155 and WC 587 work the yard at Trout Lake getting train 43's 46 cars in order before departing for Marquette on a sunny March afternoon. The crew for 43 tied up in Trout Lake at the time and... (more)

DM&IR SD's always seemed to be roaming the WC after all the ore moves started in the 90's. They were fine units and were well maintained. The Hi-nosed SD's added a little variety to the WC's roste... (more)

The Austin local heads back to Austin out of Mason City with a plow and a handful of cars. Here the job pushes thru Grafton at MP 14, 14 miles north of Mason City.