C&O 7562, a 1966 SD40 was captured in its original scheme while waiting for servicing at the Chessie System Locomotive Shops in Cumberland, MD. B&O GP40-2 No. 4117 was a September 1972 graduate of... (more)

CNW 878 with an eastbound manifest meets The Falcon, train 245, CNW's premier intermodal train near the mainline coaling tower at De Kalb, Ill. I rode train 245 from Wood St. Yard, Chicago to the ... (more)

Veteran SD40 4616, looking all beat up in its faded Chessie livery, works the yard at Cumberland one evening in August 1995.

A late-running, re-crewed Sparta local arrives back within yard limits. After some switches are cleared of snow, the crew will make quick work of yarding the short train in the MC Yard.

A re-crewed Sparta local heads back to Ridgefield Park on a crystal clear Saturday afternoon. It is assumed that the WS-5 crew outlawed in the early AM hours, with their work complicated by heavy... (more)

SP 8404, 9070 and 9119 are leaving Grants Pass behind with a westbound consisting of 69 cars of mainly lumber and wood-chips.

Controlled by an SD40 DPU, two more brand new SD45s and the 3075 SD40 are mid-train helpers on UP 3622 West out of Rawlins, Wyo.

DLCX 6051 (SD40), still wearing the colors of the previous owner GCFX-Alstom, heads towards Johnstown with an OmniTRAX SD35.

Heading up a westbound, SD40 7369 looks pretty good, but trailing SW1500 2662 is as grubby as the abused waters of the Calcasieu River below.

Power like this made me the railfan I am today, and I can't tell you how much I miss these motors. Former N&W "straight natural blues" SD40 with clasp brakes, dual controls, high-short hood, bay w... (more)

CN 5097,9549 and 5317 struggle upgrade away from Lake Superior near Nopeming. A few fall colors were still on the trees this bright mid October afternoon.

A trio of SD40's haul a transfer on the IHB at LaGrange, IL. The units wear the classic CP paint scheme.

Santa Fe and BN mingle during the late afternoon in Denver.

By 1982 the Soo F-unit fleet was gone except for a handful of snowplow service units. The Milwaukee Road purchase and its corresponding motive power chaos was in the future and things seemed to be... (more)

A Detroit Edison SD40 leads a westbound on the GT main.