A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train blasts upgrade toward a green signal at Tobin, Montana, on the afternoon of July 5, 2001. The mid-train helper consists of three Montana Rail Li... (more)

A worn out SD-45, UP 22, sits in the storage line in Salt Lake City, Utah. Note the old WP engine to the left.

Westbound freight climbs towards Mullan Pass east of Austin.

Westbound freight climbs the grade out of Helena.

VLIX SD45 2024, Clinchfield "3632" stands tall at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on a frosty April 2, 2020 morning.

VLIX SD45 2024 still dressed as Clinchfield "3632" stands tall at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on the chilly morning of APril 2, 2020.

Clinchfield SD45 "3632" stands tall at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on a frosty April morning.

It's a cold and blustery day on MRL's 2nd Sub as train M-LAULAU rounds the curve west of Springdale. Leading the way is MRL 346, one of their last actual SD45s with their 20-cylinder engine. The r... (more)

A westbound Montana Rail Link ballast train led by SD45 No. 346, rumbles through scenic Jefferson River Canyon between Sappington and Whitehall, Montana, on June 26, 2019. The empty train is headi... (more)

Frisco (SLSF) EMD SD45 900 and 910 with GE U25B 817. Photo part of my slide collection, no photographer listed.

As the dreaded Y2K approaches, a Union Pacific intermodal train heads east away from civilization, which will collapse into chaos just two days hence! Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8666 leads this tra... (more)

A mixed bag of power, typical for NYS&W in the early 90s, leads SU100 under the I-80 overpass into Ridgefield Park, NJ. This area today is heavily developed and includes the multiple tracks of Su... (more)

Fifteen SD45s (516-530) were ordered for the CB&Q as the BN merger was coming together in 1968 and were delivered in January 1969, in pre-merger BN green and white Livery. BN renumbered them 6457... (more)

A westbound Penn Central freight on the former Boston & Albany gets underway out of the station at Springfield, MA, following a crew change. The power is an SD45/GP40/U33B/U25B lashup.