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Around 4:00 on a cool March evening, L441 could be seen rushing around Nickajack Lake with a trio of geeps in the lead. They are bound for Bridgeport, AL where they will work SQSC's Yard before heading to Widow's Creek where they will eventually wye their locomotives and return back to Wauhatchie.

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.

For the first time, FEC 430 "leads" a train. Well, kind of. FEC 202 was shoving an impressive seven locomotive lashup into the fueling racks at Bowden Yard with newly painted 430 bringing up what was the rear of the consist.

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.

A trio of Alaska Railroad GP40-2s lead a Northbound work train at Denali.

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.

P&L 2127 is painted in a patriotic scheme to salute our troops at the Paducah locomotive engine facility.

A severe thunderstorm with frequent lightning strikes the town of Malvern, AR as UP 1445, UP 1422 are parked in the small yard.

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

Cotton Belt 7642 leads the HOWCM past the iconic coal tower at Mescal, AZ. The consist includes P&L 3034 (Ex-MP) and SP 7454.

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