Two Wabash GP9's equipped with steam generators for passenger service, near Dearborn Station in September 1964. Al Holtz photographer, from my collection.

Just before sunset on October 7, 2020, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local accelerates out of Townsend, Montana, after meeting an eastbound BNSF train there, and storms over the Missouri River boun... (more)

On a cold February 17, 1985 day, a short Wisconsin & Calumet freight slowly curves south at Oneco, Illinois, just south of the Wisconsin state line. A former Milwaukee Road GP9 powers the train, t... (more)

The French Lick Scenic Railway operated a charter from its former Union Station, used by both the Monon and Southern, in French Lick on 21-Mar-21.

SVRR Local with DGVR 5940 GP9 in C&O livery heads south once again after working the south end of Quarles in Verona.

CNW 4344 (ex-QNSL 144) drills the West Chicago yard in November of 1988.

Montana Rail Link’s local down the Bitterroot Branch (also known as the Darby Branch) clatters through Lolo, Montana, under moisture-leaden skies on May 18, 2013. Two GP9s take the train as far ... (more)

Former CN 7056 waits outside the Locomotive Specialist shop to go through a rebuild program. In the shop going through the rebuild program is CSX 1538. Both locomotives are now part of the Locom... (more)

Rare daylight interchange from FCEN to CSXT via CFRC heading south to Taft Yard....on a Sunday, no less.

Empty ballast hopper BO964346 sits at the siding on the former B&O/Chessie Petersburg Branch at Green Spring, WV now operated by the State of West Virginia as the South Branch Valley Railroad. Joi... (more)

One of the Denver Rock Island Railroad's newest additions is DRIR 88, a former Mount Hood GP9.

Still earning its keep
Montana Rail Link’s Helena local with eight cars flies up Winston Hill at milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2020. MRL EMD GP9 ... (more)

St Maries RR on the way home from Plummer, crossing Lake Benewah on the former Milwaukee Road line, with former Milwaukee Road locomotives.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad is not operating out of their new facility which is just north of the Stockyards redevelopment. DRIR 88 (a former Mount Hood Railroad GP9) sits with the other swit... (more)

The French Lick Scenic Railway operated a charter from its former Union Station, for both the Monon and Southern, in French Lick on 21-Mar-21. Recent rains and snow melt provide a scenic reflectio... (more)