A Montana Rail Link ballast train rumbles through scenic Jefferson River Canyon between Sappington and Whitehall, Montana, on June 26, 2019. Led by SD45 No. 346, the train running on MRL’s Fifth... (more)
SD45 under a rainbowOn July 2, 2019, after a rainy crossing of Bozeman Pass, Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Bozeman local hits a pocket of late evening sunshine as it descends the west... (more)
Southern Pacific SD45 8982 waits to proceed westward on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in April of 1978.
Traversing the scenic Jefferson River Canyon between Sappington and Whitehall, Montana, is a westbound Montana Rail Link ballast train led by SD45 No. 346 on June 26, 2019. The empty train is head... (more)
Montana Rail Link EMD SD45 No. 355 leads the Laurel to Bozeman local out of a storm as it approaches Craver, Montana, on the afternoon of July 2, 2019.
NdeM-National Railways of Mexico acquired Delaware & Hudson SD45's 801, 802 and 803 in 1978-79, seen here 801 and 802 at Monterrey, Mexico on December 25, 1979. A John C. Benson original Kodachro... (more)
DRGW 5315 leads wesbound train 187 at Plainview, CO. The train is about to enter Tunnel 1. Apr 8, 1979
Four Santa Fe six-axles, two EMD’s and two GE’s, ease a westbound manifest down the Grade at Cajon, California.
The evening sky is glowing with pink accents as Montana Rail Link’s westbound Bozeman turn led by a venerable MRL EMD SD45 No. 355 passes the east switch at Quebec, Montana, during sunset at 9:1... (more)
A eastbound Climbs Tennessee pass at east belden
Rio Grande SD45 5321 leads a westbound ar East Palisade on a nice fall afternoon
NP SD45 3617 and GN SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" together at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Volunteers were doing some work on 3617 as the museum hopes to have it operational in the near... (more)
On a gorgeous summer day, two true SD45's lug the local west.
CSX SD45 8926, former Seaboard System 8926.
The duo starts up the steep grade out of Livingston as another merchandise train pull up beside them.