Nearly seven years after receiving the red and yellow colors of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger, Southern Pacific SD45R 7564 is showing some wear and tear when found in Dolores Yard ... (more)

The winter in Montana is good for two things; eradicating mosquitoes and keeping visitors away. The summer saw unprecedented hordes of people visit the MRL, with almost every blue movement covered... (more)

WC SD45 7525 sits decorated for the season during the Happy Holiday Railway event at IRM.

An Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe eastbound piggyback train passes by the old Santa Fe (now Amtrak) passenger station in Fullerton. ATSF SD45 5506 (ex-ATSF 1806, built in June 1966), featuring a shat... (more)

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line has arrived at Wendel, where the midtrain helpers will be set out. Southern Pacific had less than a month of independence remaining.

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula road freight (LM) on its assault on Bozeman Pass with eight SD45s and SD45-2s just west of Livingston, Montana, on September 23, 2002. A set of five of the... (more)

A westbound Wisconsin Central freight, powered by a pair of EMD SD45s still in former Burlington Northern Cascade green, is crossing the St. Charles Air Line Bridge near Canal Street in Chicago, I... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local cruises along the Flathead river west of Perma, Montana, on September 25, 2008. Powering the eastbound train running from Pipeline at Thompson Falls to Missoula is ... (more)

Amazing things happen along the shores of Lake Superior. In fact, if you do a Wiki-search for this loco, you will find a photo from this charter representing the entry.

Rounding the famed Tehachapi Loop, albeit on the 4800’ long Walong Siding, this Southern Pacific eastbound freight train has another ten miles until it crests the summit of the crossing of the T... (more)

"Hustle Muscle" couldn't look better than it does today. One of many gems you will find within the Twin Cities region.

"We're in the endgame now." Those famous words, uttered by Dr. Strange in Marvel's Avengers Infinity War, have now become true for the big blue western railroad. Today, the railroad offi... (more)

Rio Grande EMD SD45 5331 is westbound at Desert i on a fine afternoon in the spring of 1979.

Former Burlington Northern, now CNW 6567, idles with Conrail and old Penn Central engines, and CNW 4540 in the Council Bluffs yard.

The Barns Of Fort Blackmore. The 75th Anniversary of The Santa Train operated by CSX over the Clinchfield Railroad between Shelbiana, Kentucky and Kingsport, Tennessee was a truly special e... (more)