BNSF 7519 is clawing its path through the steep grades and nearly constant curvature of Tehachapi Pass as the southbound manifest destined for Barstow negotiates the short single track segment bet... (more)

BNSF 4042 leads a six-pack of power with a northbound manifest through the horseshoe curve at Caliente, CA. At this date it was nearly the end for the SP-era searchlight signals.

CR 6080 leads an SD50 and SD40-2 into Horseshoe Curve on an early May afternoon. Scanned from a print.

BNSF 752 leads a southbound intermodal train through Tehachapi loop an into the single track segment between Walong and Marcel that has since been double-tracked.

Three GEs bring a westbound double-stack through the crossover at McCartys, NM. Somewhat strange is that second motor - UP 6219 - an ex-SP AC4400CW that has somehow found itself out on the Gallup ... (more)

One reason I like the BN Grinstein green color is its similarity to Pennsy's Brunswick green. Although the BN color is more overtly green, in certain light it can appear black - as did PRR's "... (more)

Wide cab SD60M No. 9280 comes rolling down the main through Ashland, NE as a standard cab SD60 sits on the siding with a work train. The Oakway (EMD leasing) SD60s were slowly being relegated to m... (more)

A pair of Dash9s and an SD40-2 round the bend approaching Julesburg, CO with an eastbound Z train.

Conrail's busy Chicago Line was ex-NYC territory with long stretches of tangent track and minimal grade. A pair of GP40s highball a westbound trailvan through Edgerton, OH - not far from the India... (more)

Byers Canyon on the Colorado River is one of the first of many the river fortuitously carved for the fledgling Denver and Salt Lake and Denver and Rio Grande railroads. A spring day finds UP 6852 ... (more)

The DC days of coal train power were waning with the prevalence of BNs huge SD70MAC fleet, though variety would occasionally present itself - here in the form of a Dash9, C30-7, SD40-2 combo leadi... (more)

The 600 series of Dash9s were some of the last units painted in "original" warbonnet colors before BNSF lettering intruded upon the nose and sides. Here a set of them with a GP60 trailin... (more)

Rebuilt GP30 No. 1272, known as a GP30u, that had gone through repainting in the horrid SPSF merger scheme and was restored in proper colors leads a local freight west out of the sag between Chale... (more)

Pulling the grade out of the valley of the Green River in the desolate landscape surrounding the Book Cliffs of Utah, SP 350 leads CTRN coal empties toward Grand Junction, CO and the North Fork Br... (more)

Santa Fe seemed to derive more longevity out of its power than many roads - that yielded an interesting assortment of power. The road also seemed to have a fondness for four axle power that lasted... (more)