HEMAN OK May 15 1978 — ATSF SD45 5613 and three SD26s roll east with what appears to be an empty coal train. Next stop is Waynoka OK. EMD built the unit (s/n 35018) in May 1969, delivered it as ... (more)

“Seven, Count ‘Em…7”
RF&P 145 plus six additional bring CSX R171 (formerly OBSS), the Orange Blossom Special-South, west through Rosedale on the (former B&O) Philadelphia... (more)

SP 4449 is parked for display at Seattle's King St. Station after arriving with the American Freedom Train. The train would be opened for visitation before the train would continue south to Portla... (more)

BN 10249 sits with other cabooses between local runs at Wenatchee, WA. It would continue is service on the BN at least until 1987 when FREDs started taking over rear end duties.

BN 11288 brings up the rear of a northbound BN freight heading from Tacoma to Auburn, WA. Mt. Rainier towers over the caboose near the curve that will turn the railroad towanorth through Sumner an... (more)

BN 4068 is a former SP&S RS-3 that was assigned at Astoria, OR for switching and local work. Astoria was nearly as far west of SP&S got. Their trackage did extend a little further west to the actu... (more)

BN SDP45 9858 sits alongside Dale St. Shops in St. Paul, MN, still wearing its passenger number. A close look indicates the unit has been sideswiped on the engineer side. There is some damage to t... (more)

HEMAN OK June 18 1979 — Santa Fe SD45 5605 heads west with train 138. EMD built the unit (s/n 35010) in May-June 1969, delivered it as an RCE Locotrol lead unit and painted in Bookends livery co... (more)

An ABBA set of what was once common freight power leads a Santa Fe freight through Oklahoma City on the elevated portion of track over the Rock Island and Frisco. Taken by Frank Tribbey. Patrick M... (more)

FARWELL TX July 6 1986 — Santa Fe SD45u 5366 handles the head end of a mixed freight. Within a short distance it will cross the Texas-New Mexico border and continue to Clovis NM. EMD built the u... (more)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight train passes the Fullerton station behind SD45 5508 (ex-ATSF 1808), mated with an F45, an SD26 and another SD45. (Fullerton, California – ... (more)

Locomotives representing both sides of the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific merger hustle the LA-bound Swift RoadRailer through Cougar, California in summer 1998.

Burlington Northern Expediter train 42 crosses the Rock River and curves away from Oregon, Illinois, on April 1, 1989. I know, the weather is crappy and it’s “stick” season in the Midwest�... (more)

Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific locomotives rest beneath the large grain elevator at Kansas City Southern’s Knoche Yard in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 8, 1985. Rio Grande utilized the KCS... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties pulls the 1.4% grade through Cougar, California, helped by a rebuilt SD45 wearing the colors of the failed Santa Fe merger.