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SP 7943 leads two sets of GP40-2 and TEBU (tractive effort booster units) into Tucson with the Nogales local. The consist: SP 7943, SP 1605, SP 7942, SP 7949, SP 1604, and SP 7954. The sets were popular assignments on Tucson locals in 1984 before being transferred up to Oregon.

Rio Grande units 3128 and 3090 sit next to SP 9336 with Santa Fe 3006 in the background at the SP West Colton engine facility.

A Severe weather alert got me out of bed and raced down to the SP yard in Tucson. A large thunderstorm was approaching from the west. I grabbed my camera and quickly setup the tripod and tripped the shutter and just watched lightning bolts explode from the sky. As the storm got closer and the thunder got much louder, it was time to close the shutter and make a sprint to the truck before torrential rain and hail hit. This is one of my favorite train/lightning photos I've taken over the years. Note the CP 5901 visiting from the north in the engine facility.

UP 1437 sits at the small yard in Malvern, AR during a severe thunderstorm with very heavy rain. The photo was taken from underneath the roof of the freight depot. The strikes were close and loud.

The mega-merger of the Union Pacific is very evident in this photo of power at the Tucson engine facility. From left to right: SP 8135, UP 3540, Rio Grande 3116, UP 5265, CNW 5534 and SP 7240.

ARR 3011 rests in whitter in between Glacier Discovery runs

FEC 431, One of FEC's many GP40-2's on the roster, rests quietly at FEC's Bowden yard. A little less than a month rolls by after this photo was taken, 431 was headed up to Patterson, GA for rebuilding.

SP 7616 West leads the CHLAX double stack past the iconic coal tower at Mescal into the setting sun.

WAMX power 4013 and 3920 at the Lewiston engine facility also includes an original BN caboose 12571.

With traffic ahead of it at Plant Bowen, local L810 holds at Old Stilesboro Road with RF&P 6394 on the head end. 6394 is the second unit that has been assigned to this local to receive a nose repaint to “as built” paint, with the first being CSX 6914 receiving the infamous “Chessie System” nose.

Headed back east on L810, CSXT 6914 lugs its local back towards Cartersville, GA.

D&RGW 3109 emerges from tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado

CSX 4419, one of the last remaining YN2 EMD’s sits idle in Richmond, KY awaiting upcoming local duties

CSX L036 is southbound to Buffalo with a GP40-2 & MP15T

As the morning fog begins to burn off, a pair of CSX Geeps greets the sunrise on the Ohio River Bridge as train L348-29 brings a cut of cars from the former L&N DeCoursey Yard in Kentucky to Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati.

CSX L377-27 snakes around the curves at the famous Bluegrass Cut near Kimmel, returning back east to Garrett.

CSX local L030 is heading home to Rochester after a days work out on the main

This line was owned by CSX up until 2006 when EVWR took over. However CSX geo train W001 ended up running on the EVWR with classic CSX power. This was a nostalgic moment for me seeing CSX power on their former tracks

With PTC causing issues on both Amtrak P42DCs 168 and 203, the organizers of the Autumn Colors Express had to come up with a backup plan since issues with engine 203 appeared the day before, and could no longer lead the Autumn Colors Express. With a last minute decision and a little help from CSX, they let them borrow CSX GP40-2 #6145 to lead the last eastbound train of the 2022 Autumn Colors Express.

A local symbolled R-CHI476 heads west on the BNSF with two HLCX units for power. A nice break from the normal paint