Train #98, the Eastbound Coast Daylight has just passed under Curtner Ave. The larger consist is cars deadheading to LA for that nights Sunset. This line in now double tracked, the hills to the ri... (more)

Train is westbound. I loved the Waverly/Sayre area, great action with EL and LV crossing and semaphores on the EL made great photo props.

BN 6598,6438 rest at North La Crosse. The huge SDP45 even dwarfed the trailing SD45 and at the time was probably the largest EMD in service except for the UP and SP twin engine curiosities.

Westbound freight at location made famous by Robert F. Collins

With Amtrak less than a month away, SP SDP45 #3208 is ready to leave Oakland for Portland with Train #12, The Cascade.

EL 3651, 7132, and 1039 wait at the west end of the EL Kent yard. Here's one of EL's famous locomotive mixes with an EMD SDP-45, EMD F7-B, and ALCO RS-3 all on the same train.

After helping SP #4449 from Klamath Falls to Gerber the big SD was turned (it had been running long hood forward) and headed down the SP's West Valley line for the trip home to the Bay Area. The 4... (more)

EL SDP45 #3666 in Binghampton, NY June 1974. This unit went on to become CR 6697, SP 8593, and UP 2769.

A Westbound freight with an ex EL leader and an ex Frisco leased unit has stopped at Hornell for a new crew.

I went nuts when I saw this thing, rare anywhere, down on the Gulf, the absolute ends of the earth in BN-land.

2 ex EL SDP-45's are in charge of a unit ore train, descending thru Horseshoe Curve.

CR 6680 - 2674 -2489 arrive at Hornell for a crew change with an Eastbound freight. Early Conrail was great at fielding unusual lashups, and it was quite possible to get 3 builder lashups like th... (more)

The last run of the San Francisco bound SP Train #75, "The Lark". "The Bird That Couldn't Fly" as the SP called it in their efforts to abandon the train. The loss of its RPO a year before sealed ... (more)

First and former Erie Lackawanna SDP45 3635, now wears a Conrail number and has received the hasty "CR" restenciling job that was so typical during this time period. Today's assignment is to lead ... (more)