BNSF Snoot SD40-2 6801 (ex-ATSF 5117, blt. 11/79) and SD40-2 6883 (ex-ATSF 5155, blt. 10/80) work the Cemex cement plant before heading for the Cushenberry Branch. The flock of birds alighting on... (more)

A piece of track equipment guards the end of the line on the Hinckley Branch, just past the spur that leads up to the sappi plant.

Two SD40-2s idle near the west end of Lubbock yard, awaiting assignment. The snoot 6770 was completed in November 1979, serial number 786223-2, as AT&SF 5111, housing RCE remote (slave) equipment... (more)

There aren't many things more inspiring to me than pacing 16,800 EMD horses straining to keep almost 11,000 tons of trailing tonnage moving at track speed. 30 Hyatt bearings jumping up and down o... (more)

Looking pretty handsome for a leaser GMD rebuild (three strikes, actually!), GCFX 6067 has the helm of a UP southbound in the hole at North Loop. She was originally built in '71 as CN SD40 5158.

In my version of the popular Cienega Creek shot, UP 7764 West whines downgrade with screaming dynamics at 1137. The DPUs are just coming into the frame at right. As soon as the train passed, I w... (more)

SD-M 316 (ex-SD18 186, built 4/60) and two SD38-2s (213 and 210, built 3/75) slowly pull a Fairlane train over the weigh-in-motion scale at the north end of Proctor.

After spending most of the day working Portsmouth industries, DO-1 returns to Rockingham Jct. at Newfields to tie up the catch of the day. The local is crossing the trestle over where the Squamsc... (more)

Downeaster 682 highballs from Dover on time at 0951, being shoved by P42DC 162. This shot cost me a pretty funny-looking (I'm sure) fall in the shoreline mud.

After spending an hour or so switching out their train after arriving from Mattawamkeag, the crew of MABA is almost done with their day as they shove the reblocked train back to the yard office at... (more)

An A&O slug set, with RDSLUG 2100 (ex-SOO GP35 730, built 5/65) and mother "GP40-3" 2121 (ex-CNW GP40 5533, nee-CR 3045, PC 3045, NYC 3045, built 12/65), pull empties off 96 track for the Cowen Su... (more)

Westbound Englewood manifest in Sanderson Canyon 3 miles from Sanderson, TX and the Valentine Sub.

The sun finds a hole to shine through onto the classy lines of SD45 681. While having her on the point of any lashup was good enough, adding GP9 45 at North Adams made just about the coolest cons... (more)

The setting sun highlights the exhaust of three SD40-2s, the 6824, 7038, and 6821, as they lug grain empties up the steady 1.00% ruling grade eastbound through Fisher River. The 6824 was the firs... (more)

The sound of GE dynamics hum as a westbound meets a holed-up EB Z with lots of Dole reefers in the consist. Tehachapi really is a great place to watch trains, even if the SP tunnel motors are (ve... (more)