A rather unique SD40-2 of Colorado Southern vintage, 7840 along with 7149 were rebuilt as dual-fuel locomotives able to run with LNG or diesel and classed as DF40-2s, however, the 7890 is back to ... (more)
This set has just helped a southbound coal train and is going to tack the caboose onto the rear before heading north for another shove.
What happened to the good old days, when GEs used almost as much water as fuel. Or that was the rumor. Wabtec just doesn't make it as a name. Sorry WABTEC.
The local is switching an industry. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
It’s in the very early days of Burlington Northern Santa Fe as train 14 heads east through the snow at Grizzly, Montana, on February 28, 1997. The railroad still looks like the Burlington Northe... (more)
A trio of Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs on a westbound coal train smoke it up as they negotiate an undulating main line through West Berea, Nebraska, on July 4, 1996. This train is heading west... (more)
Burlington Northern EMD SD60M No. 9292 leads an eastbound coal train through Finch, located between Nichols and Sarpy Junction, Montana, on the first day of July 1994. Now unincorporated, the town... (more)