Running southbound on BN. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

Back when ATSF was and was all blue and when we old farts think all was right with the world a freight is climbing the hill. Photo by Robert Robl.

IMRL SD40's 218 ex-BN 6306 and 202 ex-C&S 885 has train 233 heading southbound along the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa December 8, 1998. Jack Kuiphoff © photo

Chicago and North Western, C&NW SD40's 871- 879, at Des Moines, Iowa. June 15, 1981. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

CNJ, Central of New Jersey SD40 3063, PC Penn Central U25C 6509 at the Meadows, Kearny, New Jersey.. November 15, 1976. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

Missouri Pacific. MP SD40 3065 -B23-7 4627, with a southbound freight train at Wagoner, Oklahoma.. September 12, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

UTAH SD40 9005, is at the crest of the gran on the Rio Grande's Soldier Summit grade with a loaded coal train. Soldier Summit, Utah. May 8, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40's 3048- 3016- 3046, leads a westbound slab train across the Monongahela River at Speers, Pennsylvania. March 4, 2007. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

SOO Line SD40 756- GP38-2 4408 just crossed the South Branch of the Chicago River with an eastbound freight Chicago, Illinois. October 27, 1979 Jack D Kuiphoff photo

UTAH Railway SD40's 9002-9007-9008-9009 at Castle Gate, Utah. May 9, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

UTAH Railway SD40's 9002-9007 -9008 -9005 leading a eastbound hopper train at Castilla, Utah. June 9, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

IC, Illinois Central SD40-2 6002-GM&O GP30 510, northbound and about to duck under I-57, at Tonti, Illinois. September 5, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo I was heading south on I57 with the 18 ... (more)

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40's 3048 - 3016 - 3046, leads a westbound slab train across one of the many bridges on the ex-P&WV at Charleroi, Pennsylvania. March 4, 2007. Jack D Kuiphoff photo... (more)

Soo Line 744 leads a CNW coal train thru Oak Creek, WI in May of 1989. It was unusual to see a non-CNW leader on CNW's Old Line due to signal requirements south of Wisconsin. This area of Oak Cree... (more)

MP Missouri Pacific 3121 2989 3024, at Scott City, Missouri. September 15, 1984. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo