The four Southern FP7 units have been run around the excursion train and are ready to depart for the return to Asheville, NC. The rain had finally let up and the sun made a weak appearance.

Two high nose GP30 units sit next to the older FP7 units in Asheville. One of these units, 2601, has been restored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer.

All four Southern Railway FP7 units were in Asheville on this Friday to pull an excursion to Bulls Gap, Tennessee and back. The excursion left Asheville in a steady rain the next morning. This uni... (more)

Several railroads are represented here. A westbound Union Pacific freight headed by SP and C&NW units joins the BNSF main line for the routing over Cajon Pass.

Four six-axle GE units lead a westbound TOFC train into San Bernardino.

Two new Union Pacific EMD units are eastbound with Powder River coal.

BNSF SD70MAC units 9465. 9513 and 9600 have uncoupled from an eastbound coal train for servicing at Alliance.

Two BNSF coal trains from The Powder River Basin have pulled into Alliance, Nebraska.

A former C&NW GE leads two U.P. GE units on westbound empties headed back to the Powder River Basin.

Two former Canadian National FPA-4 units are shown at Williams as seen from our returning train. This was the first color scheme worn by the imported diesels and almost resembles the Pennsylvania ... (more)

A Santa Fe warbonnet unit leads a Phoenix bound freight at Williams on a sunny morning. This freight happily showed up before my wife and I rode the Grand Canyon Railway train to the canyon on thi... (more)

Three former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 units and an SP tunnel motor run light eastbound after having assisted a westbound col drag from Helper, Utah.

Three former Southern Pacific GE units are westbound with a coal train just east of Helper, Utah. GE AC4400CW 260 is followed by 156 and 258.

Amtrak's eastbound SOUTHWEST CHIEF cruises through Edelstein behind two GE units and an EMD F40.

An eastbound freight comes downhill at Edelstein behind GE and EMD units, There's not much clearance with those steel loads on the westbound train pulling uphill.