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Seattle & North Coast F7A 101 sits at a port in Seattle waiting out its future after the short line was discontinued in the mid 1980's.

SSW 9673 east leads the WCTUM-25 (West Colton - Tucson manifest) into Tucson as it passes through Kino siding in March 1992.

SSW 9644 west with SP 8012 and SSW 9381 lead the Blue Streak Sealand double stack train past a semaphore signal at MP 1006.0 on the normally eastbound track. The train is detouring due to a derailment on the westbound track.

SSW 7253 (Cotton Belt) west leads a Chicago-Los Angeles Sealand double stack train through the new double track at the former Tully siding east of Benson, AZ in March 1995.

KCS 4667 pushes the rear of CP grain train GMETJR into the Scouler grain facility at Jerome, Idaho on the Eastern Idaho Railroad. The KCS 4667 is passing the head end power with CN 2917 and BNSF 3728.

CN 2917 and BNSF 3728 are backing down through the Scouler grain facility in Jerome, after unloading a load of grain cars. The GMETJR is a CP grain train that comes from Eastport Canada to Jerome, Idaho on the Eastern Idaho RR. CN power is quite unusual on the EIRR.

FEC 822, a Liquid Natural gas car, and FEC 811 bring their power into the diesel facility at Jacksonville yard. The ES44AC units sport the new "FloraMex" paint scheme. Similar to the Ferromex units in Mexico.

The Florida East Coast converted SD40-2 719 into a new Autonomous Track Inspection Vehicle FEC 2414. The unit is placed behind the head end power consist to inspect the rails on the journey south to Miami and return. The unit also sports the new Grupo Mexico paint scheme. The locals call it a "FloraMex" unit.

FEC GP40-2 412 shows off a new Grupo Mexico paint scheme at the Jacksonville yard.

SP 7349 west leads the Chicago-Los Angeles double stack at the Vail crossovers MP 1000. The train is meeting its eastbound counterpart LACHX.

Eastern Idaho Railroad WAMX 3812 and 3820 wait at the Rupert yard fir their next assignment.

UP 5437 east leads the MPDNP-04 just east of Shoshone. Today's consist includes former SP 9721 (UP 1124) in the consist. The SP unit still shows its original lettering and paint. The only thing UP is the number board and on its side of the cab.

UP 4048 East leads the Los-Angeles to Dallas Texas double stack that is about to pass under Interstate 10 know as Empirita. This former mainline track is now a long storage track used for cars and even locomotives east of Tucson.

UP 5437 East passes the old water tower at Kimana siding with the MPDNP-04.

UP 5437 east leads the MPDNP-04 into the siding at Shoshone, ID with plenty of snow on the Sawtooth mountains in the background.

SP 9735 East leads 4 UP units and the TUEPM-23 manifest train underneath the westbound track at Cienega Creek, AZ just east of Vail in September 2000.

CP 9814 and UP 7316 lead a westbound loaded grin train cross the Sand Creek bridge at 10:20 am in April 2023.

UPY 338 and UPY 438 bask in the late afternoon sun between hump duty assignments at the UP Little Rock yard.

UP SD40-2 1735 shows off its band new paint at the Tucson yard in March 2013.

SP 9207 West merger unit leads a Chicago-Los Angeles stack train through the Wilmot crossovers in October 1990.