A pair of former CEFX/SP EMD's power a short Flat Rock turn back south after interchanging with the CN at FR. The crew will take this train down to Delta Oh. These two have been bought from CEFX a... (more)

Problems of overheating in exhaust-choked Sierra and Shasta tunnels led EMD and SP in the early 1970s to develop the SD45T and its predecessor SD40T. The answer turned out to be simple and elegant... (more)

The conductor and engineer on the SP 9172 watch as we roll by on the Amtrak - Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special up Tehachapi Pass. With the re-alignment of the siding, this view of ... (more)

A westbound train rolls up and down the undulating grade as they march toward the Oldcastle Materials Sudduth quarry for another load of Central Texas aggregate. This operation is unique in that t... (more)

Eastbound is Northbound

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight heads north on the railroad's East Valley Line, passing through the small town of Sheridan, California. Led by a trio o... (more)

What could have been if not for a little gray paint. IORY A400 works its way off the lead in Flat Rock, MI. to proceed back south on the CN Flat Rock Sub and eventually back to home rails. While I... (more)

An eastbound Kyle grain train begins the trek across Sand Creek on a wood trestle west of Siebert, Colorado, on May 6, 2014. Two former Southern Pacific EMD SD45T-2s power the train on Rock Island... (more)

On the former Rock Island main line to Limon, Colorado, an eastbound Kyle grain train climbs the hill between Flagler and Seibert on May 6, 2014. Kyle EMD SD45T-2 No. 3099 is the recently repainte... (more)

A Kyle eastbound grain train switches Arriba Grain on the former Rock Island main line in the plains of Colorado on May 6, 2014. Two former Southern Pacific SD45T-2s power the train, led by recent... (more)

A Southern Pacific mixed-freight train works its way east through Blue Cut, California.

An eastbound Southern Pacific train exits Cajon Pass and adds more of the ubiquitous Cajon brake shoe smoke to the atmosphere of Devore, California.

"The Beets Go On..."

After holding the siding at Seacliff, along the California coast, for a meet with a southbound Amtrak San Diegan, a unit train of sugar beets accelerates ... (more)

Eastbound Kaiser ore empties headed back to the Eagle Mountain RR at Ferrum climbing Beaumont Pass through San Timetao Canyon halfway between Redlands and Beaumont.

SSW 6888 climbs Cajon Pass westbound at Canyon siding

The IR's Tunnel Motor sits outside the shop in Ottawa.