Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Probably a consist of... (more)

On a beautiful Montana morning, MRL 392 confronts the rising sun as it cants to the sharp curve at the west end of the old Austin siding. The power set includes an ex-SP and MRL SD45 and a pair of... (more)

LMX 8562 leads a BN SD40-2 with a train full of eyesores northbound across the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. The tank car is sitting on the interchange track between one-time C&NW and BN. There used... (more)

LMX 8536, a model only owned by AT&SF, SP and BN (through LMX leasing), leads a mate and one of the ubiquitous BN SD40s westward through the control point at Greenwood, NE with a manifest headed f... (more)

Only a month old, a pair of LMS Dash-8s moves engine lite on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

LMS 724 tiptoes downgrade through MG interlocking with symbol STES2 (Sterling, OH-Harrington, DE) including auto parts for Newark, DE. The GE-leased units arrived in 1994 with Nos. 700-739 lettere... (more)

The Altoona Mirror reports that bids have been let for the demolition of MG Tower, located on the mountainside between Altoona and Gallitzin. Although merely a remote control interlocking for some... (more)

A pair of Locomotive Management Services Dash 8s, leaving no doubt as to their caretaker, lead a westbound intermodal train past old Huntingdon Block Station on a July afternoon. Ektachrome.

LMS 724, one of the GE lease units painted for Big Blue, drops downgrade past the westward home signals for MG on an autumn afternoon. STES (Sterling, MI to Harrington, DE) has auto parts for Newa... (more)

A Union Pacific westbound mixed freight with head end coal and some interesting dogs breakfast eastern power passes the distinctive "Morman Rocks" on the south track off the pass on a warm April a... (more)

LMS 713 works upgrade passing MG as a set of helpers drift downgrade. The 1944 MG Block Station was built to add crossover capability on the lengthy grade from Altoona to Gallitzin, made critical ... (more)

LMS 716 with a Conrail Dash8 and SD40-2 lead 119 cars of coal through the crossover at Huntingdon. The 1900 vintage block station still stands, albeit without an active function in controlling the... (more)

Conrail/LMS #720 & 721 are only a few days old as they lead an eastbound train of empty iron ore "jennies". The train is bound for the ore pier in Philadelphia for re-loading