NS 2800 leads NS train 398 east towards Hull, Illinois on Norfolk Southerns Springfield/Hannibal District. NS 2800 is former ATSF 202 and is one of seven SD75M's that NS acquired from BNSF.
No GE's Here, almost no NS either. PRLX 200 formerly a BNSF/ATSF SD75M on lease to CN with two rather rare units trailing a BCOL Barn and a IC SD70, pulls passed the Sandusky Yard Office for a cre... (more)
BNSF 267 and the Lincoln-Hastings manifest have just left Lincoln's Hobson Yard and is about to connect with the other half of the Hastings Sub and head towards Hastings.
A brand new EMD SD75M is stopped as the second unit of an eastbound freight. The vivid colors illuminate a dreary day but I was never able to capture one of these new EMD units leading.
Warbonnet leaser. PRLX 201 (an SD75M built for the ATSF in 1995) is the surprising leader on CN 327 (with CSXT 5323 & CSXT 45 trailing), as these units rarely lead in Canada. Also somewhat ... (more)
In classic A-B-A fashion, BNSF 253, 330 (GP60B) and 255 split the signals at CP 32 with about 40 cars of grain, chemicals and wood products for Longview Junction.
A bucket list item of mine has been photographing a BNSF train on Raton Pass along the former original Santa Fe mainline. For years, the railroad had not run any revenue freight over the route due... (more)
After meeting an eastbound pig train at Sando, Santa Fe 231 West bursts out of the siding, crossing the short street it had stopped shy of so as not to block trucks coming and going from Domtar Gy... (more)
A Santa Fe employee hand buffs the coat of wax on shiny SD75M No. 234 at the railroad's Locomotive Maintenance & Inspection Terminal. No. 234 and a sister will lead the Super Bowl Special tomorrow... (more)
Close to sunset, new Santa Fe SD75M No. 228 leads a 589 intermodal train out of Houston, TX, at Hercules, CA. The train will now briefly skirt Suisun Bay before passing the big UPS facility at Nor... (more)
A pair of fresh SD75M's wait for a signal to head west at Joliet UD.
After leading the transfer to the BNSF yard the night before, these two former BNSF units make their way back into the yard of their new leasers, KCS.
A pair of EX-ATSF SD75Ms lead intermodal train Q292 east through West Newton, PA. To see two of these ratty units, together, mainline service, in 2018, is a rare sight for sure.
BNSF's Catoosa Turn departs Tulsa at CP Hall, with a trio of rebuilt SD75's.
Norfolk Southern Train I4E heads East through Lincoln, AL.