A manifest freight eases down Christiansburg Grade on hot and hazy August afternoon. The EMD SD40, SD-40-2 and SD45 heading the train represent the N&W's heavy haulers during the last decade of th... (more)
An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train approaches Ludlow, California, on March 8, 1995. A 1966-built SD40 No. 5013 leads the train through a Mojave Desert that has hints of springtime green.
Just because it's a caboose it doesn't get to bring up the rear after a few switching moves. After working Abingdon the EB V40 local makes a leisurely arrival in Glade on a cold barren morning.