So here comes the 5586 Westbound down the Clark Fork valley between Spring Gulch and St. Regis, MT. At the time, there was a section of track warrant territory between Superior and Paradise, MT th... (more)

BN 5121 leads a loaded coal train thru Walker, WY on the joint CNW/BN coal line in May of 1991.

A common visitor to the Seaboard System yard due to the joint ownership of the Winston Salem Southbound line from Winston Salem, NC.

Conrail, CR C30-7 6604 -SD40-2 6384 -U28B 2822, with a northbound WASE-9 coming off the River Line at CP-132, Selkirk, New York. July 1, 1978. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Climbing the pass and about to enter a tunnel that is no longer there this eastbound has a bunch of racks. Notice there's several topless ones in those days.

On what I believe was my last time to photograph the Pass, a westbound merchandise descends the grade. The GEs were beginning to creep in more.

EB merchandise at one of the more famous locations. I'd like to see it now, with three tracks instead of two.

Eastbound on Conrail's TV-556.

Burlington Northern, BN C30-7 5064 -BNSF C44-9w 1112 -SD40-2 7027 -8131 with a westbound on the ex-D&RGW at Desert Siding, Utah. April 18, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BN 5010 leads a coal train South on the Joint Line.

BN 5544 rolls south (RR East) through the village of Manderson, WY. in the Big Horn Basin. This train originated in the yard at Laurel, MT. Ahead lies the scenic Wind River Canyon and Wyoming's 2n... (more)

I mainly did the Aurora Sub for my backyard photography growing up. That meant getting C30-7s wasn't too common for me. Those units mainly stayed on coal trains and, for me, were on the Southern I... (more)

Looks like coal power that went to Peoria is now in other duties as assigned. The power is heading back to Galesburg on an X97 with freight out of Peoria. The train passes the old elevator at Maqu... (more)

GE C30-7 with Brasil Ferrovias paint leading empty cellulose train!

Running coal trains thru Galesburg Yard wasn't too common practice. Once in a while, MofW or traffic issues would force the hand, and the trains would run by the roundhouse and out thru Waterman t... (more)