Two Conrail SD50’s lead a westbound train of covered hoppers at Bailey, Pennsylvania, on the former PRR Middle Division. Between the power and the revenue traffic are a GP35, a GP9, and an SW9, ... (more)

Dwarfed by the mountain behind it, one of the last blue ex-CR SD50s leads NS 11J through Horningford, PA on the ex-PRR Middle Division.

A CSX SD50 leads northbound autorack train Q206 on the LIRC during the golden hour of sun. SD50’s are being retired and have become a rare sight on mainline trains as of late. The bridge the tra... (more)

HBRY SD50 5009 leads a IR sand train east through Montgomery.

It's sort of a gloomy day on the mountain but the trains keep coming. Oak Island-Conway manifest OIPI is slugging it out on the grade as it passes lonely MG Block Station, deep in the woods. Ektac... (more)

A former Conrail SD50 now demoted to the low rank of ballast train service leads a SD40-2 on W067 as it drifts down the main in Palmetto, Georgia along the A&WP/WofA Subdivision.

A set of light power moves through Berea Ohio. Back in 2012 when this was taken, classic locomotives such as these SD50s and Dash 8s were a common sight; now they are only a memory.

This is the anniversary of the big snowstorm that hit the Northeast. I had gotten a heads up from friend Joe Jack that ENEL, with the 6726 leading, was leaving Conway, so I went out and got it in ... (more)

CSX SD50-2's #8592 & #8547 bring an empty grain train across the causeway at Lake Nickajack.

This local freight serves a small lumber plant every morning with supplies from nearby manufacturers. I heard the train coming from about a mile away, and I was on the wrong hill. I scrambled acro... (more)

Conrail was the second-largest purchaser of the SD50, rostering 135 of the big EMD’s. Here one of them leads an eastbound coal train through Bridgeport, Pennsylvania on the former Reading main l... (more)

Led by CR SD50 6757 plus three additional, Conrail’s PYSE (Potomac Yard to Selkirk), operating on CSX rails between Anacostia and Park Jct., has just entered the single main of the Philadelphia ... (more)

Eastbound CNW coal train using UP S Morrill Sub was approaching Northport. Since this photo the line has had another track added.

An eastbound freight rolls into Green River behind two CNW EMD units and a Union Pacific GE.

On a dry February 24, 1986, a southbound Denver and Rio Grande Western coal train crests the grade at Palmer Lake, Colorado powered by a trio of EMD SD50s led by No. 5501, and soon, the train will... (more)