UP 3609 leans into the curves with its Portland bound train at Steilacoom, WA. The double track main is owned by BN and used by UP and Amtrak at this time. Amtrak now uses a different route out of... (more)

NP SD45 3617 sits on display at St. Paul Union Depot.

BN SD45 no. 6501 is being hostled at the Harrison St. turntable at BN engine facilities in Minneapolis, MN. This unit is a good example of the later production of SD45s made by EMD. First, BN chos... (more)

FARWELL TX May 24 1980 — Locotrol Master ATSF SD45 5609 leads Duval Sulphur train 785 as it leaves Farwell in the far distance on its journey to Galveston TX. Smoke from the mid-train slaves is ... (more)

Photo by Tony Vanier.

Come on, who doesn't like gyralites, Mars Lights, etc.? Hearing that roar in a deep Georgia night and watching that light sweeping the landscape will make you a believer.

Some Interlay employee had a little fun with some of the soon to be retired SD45s making a "Rocky Lives" stencil and applying it to several units. This unit was done operating and featur... (more)

BN SD45s 6428 & 6555 are accompanied by GP9 BN 1702 (chop nosed) and SW1200 BN 187 at Seattle's Interlay roundhouse and turntable. For the SD45s, this period of time was their twilight and soon LM... (more)

Southern Pacific EMD SD45 8982 is seen at the former Nickel Plate Road yard in 1978.

Following the old alignment this EB train is about to reach the top of the grade. Photo by Robert Roll, from my collection.

Seen from the SP's Cutoff this EB pig train is grinding upgrade approaching Sullivan's Curve.

A diminutive Wisconsin Central shop switcher waits for the next move, which is likely moving WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, after it is thoroughly sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WCâ... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest freight, simply called the LM, waits at the end of double track just west of Livingston, Montana, on September 23, 2002. Road power of a pair of E... (more)

Inside Wisconsin Central’s car shop at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is a Soo Line boxcar that is being prepped for WC paint, along with freshly-painted EMD SD45 No. 6532 getting some finishing ... (more)

Bare metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wi... (more)