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A westbound local train bound for Tottenville emerges from the tunnel at St. George, Staten Island. Leading the consist is a set of R-44 subway cars which among the oldest equipment still in active service anywhere in the NYCT system, and the final remaining examples of their class.

SP 9720 East leads the LACHT double stack out of Tucson with a wild consist in 1997. SP 9720, 3 Wisconsin Central SD45's, 6518, 6581, 6550 and UP 3954.

An impressive consist arrives into Tucson with HOWCM (Houston-West Colton Manifest) in August 1988. SSW 7657, SP 7641, BN 6847, SP 7710, BN 7132, SP 7634, SP 7775.

SP 7949 leads the El Paso-Tucson Manifest train is stopped the siding of Steins, NM in 1993. The consist includes SP 7953, SP 1603 (TEBU), SP 7955 and CR 6000, and CR 6010. The train is waiting on the hot MBSFF "Memphis Blue Streak" to run around it at 1:00pm.

SP 9765 east leads a very colorful consist at Lordsburg, NM in January 1995. SP 9765, UP 3243, RG 5398, SP 6773, SF 7493, MKCX (CR) 9516, SP 7877 and SP 7616.

A pair of ALCO RS32s lead a Falls Road train East passed the ruins of the old NYC deport in Lockport, NY on a wintery New Year's Eve Day.

CP 8203, CP 8796, UP 5709 and KCS 4836 sit at the Scoular grain plant in Jerome, on the Eastern Idaho RR, under a beautiful afternoon sky. The grain train is being unloaded and will return back to Canada within 2-3 days.

UP 8155 West cruises along the Snake River near Glens Ferry as a thunderstorm forms over the mountains in the background.

UP 8155 West leads a very long soda ash train through the Snake River Canyon at King Hill, Idaho in May 2023. You can see 4 mid-train helpers coming around the curve.

7484 heading eastbound through Keith, Laggan subdivision

Norfolk Southern 1053 leads an empty BNSF sulfur train down the Mykawa sub.

UP 5727 east leads a manifest train into the late afternoon sun at Blaser siding east of Lava Hot Springs. The consist includes NS 4534. Fall colors blanket the hills in the background.

CP 7013 heritage unit makes a surprise visit to the Eastern Idaho Railroad at Rupert. The power came in off the UP LCF50 train.

UP 8233 east leads the ITA4 past the old water tower at Minidoka on a beautiful September 2022 morning.

UP (SP) 1996 and UP 7962 are rear DPU helpers on a westbound soda ash train passing through Kuna. The photo is taken from the front yard of my best friend Steve Jessup's house. His family has this view every day.

SP 7551 shows off the brand new Kodachrome merger paint scheme at the West Colton yard in August 1985.

A former ATSF FP45 sits in the Museum of the American Railroad's shop awaiting the finishing touches of a cosmetic overhaul.

BNSF 7702 is the rear DPU helper on an empty grain train in Missoula, Montana in October 2024.

UP 1111 and UP 5904 sits outside the engine facility at the North Little Rock yard in November 2020.

UP 6623 leads an Oil Train stopped at the Biddle yard in south Little Rock, Arkansas on Christmas Eve, 2018.