ROCK RIVER WY Sept 24 1978 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3473 rolls across the Wyoming country in the lead of a mixed freight. EMD built the unit (b/n 776088-64) in April 1978. Corrections welcome. My ... (more)

An Indiana Harbor Belt freight train rolls underneath the old Rock Island overpass, now owned and run by Metra and used by Iowa Interstate Railroad, at Blue Island, Illinois, on a rainy October 10... (more)

Riding an eastbound that is following blocks of trains ahead, this westbound soda ash empty for Green River, WY is among a fleet of westbounds, seen at MP 635 between Como and Hanna, WY.

Amtrak's California Zephyr consist includes cars whose letterboards read Union Pacific, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington, Amtrak, and California Zephyr. SP FP7 No. 6456 and two other... (more)

CHEYENNE WY Sept 24 1978 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3343 handles a mixed freight near Cheyenne. EMD built the unit (b/n 766056-09) in February 1977. The unit has been renumbered to UP 1610. Accordin... (more)

A four-pack of SD40-2 helpers add dynamic braking to the 128 cars of Baltimore-bound coal train UBT-354 passing MG interlocking.

Wisconsin Central EMD F45 No. 6654 leads WC train 2 through Waukesha, Wisconsin, on a sunny March 13, 2023. This cowl locomotive is the former Santa Fe No. 5965, then recently purchased by WC.

WAGONER OK (April) 1985 — It’s crew change time for UP SD40-2 3521. EMD built the unit (b/n 786170-23) In January 1979. My photo

OLATHE KS March 10 1979 — UP U30C 2959 leads a mixed freight. Note someone cleaned select characters on the nose. Maybe no connection but Wikipedia records, “U-29 was responsible for sinking t... (more)

CR 6431 brings an eastbound manifest through the crossover at SO interlocking in South Fork, PA. SO Tower, an open office at this time, was consumed by fire in November of 2008 although it had bee... (more)

When Amtrak began its mail and express program in the late 1990s, some of the cars were rehabilitated in Oregon. On the Fourth of July 1997, some finished cars were spotted at UP's Eugene Yard.

An ML train heads east past Berea tower, CP 194 on the Chicago Line. The consist is very "Conrail" in the form of a C32-8 leading a B36-7. The lead unit is painted in Conrail's gray &q... (more)

BNSF 9647 was delivered with the Santa Fe warbonnet and in BN Executive colors to celebrate the approval of the BNSF merger on July 20, 1995. The colors on the 9647 were not adopted by BNSF as a... (more)

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA Sept 28 1979 — UP U30C 2955 awaits an assignment. GE built the unit (b/n 40960) in October 1976. Utahrails.net records that the 2955 “was the last U30C on UP, retired on 19 S... (more)

Conrail could certainly put some interesting locomotive consists together and this SENS was no exception. A Conrail GP38-2 leads three NS units that include a C39-8 and two high-hood U23Bs throug... (more)