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

BNSF 8578 west leads an oil train through Marshall Canyon at Scribner, WA.

SP 9177 West leads a West-Colton-Bakersfield manifest train up Cajon Pass at Devore, CA in July 1984 with 3 Milwaukee Road SD40-2's 156, 168 and 174.

SP 246 sits on the spur track of the Tucson Electric Power near Tucson as an approaching thunderstorm creates dramatic storm light in August 1988.

This M410, which was tasked with taking some foreign power to Selkirk, had 4 different paint schemes on the head end with the leader being YN3 #749, following by YN2 #16, CP #8849, and KCS #5016. Quite the colorful lashup!

NKP 759 makes a staged entrance on the Steamtown turntable, with NKP 190 and 514 looking on from the stalls.

SP 8528, SP 7313 now lettered for GECX and UP 9671 lead an eastbound Tucson-Houston manifest train in July 2004.

R613 is roaring down the Poorfork towards NRG with CSX 363 leading the charge, still in its as-delivered YN2 paint scheme. We made it with only 2 minutes to spare; we received notification upon exit from the tunnel by Rhea and rushed down from the house. As we stepped out of the truck, and met another railfan by name of Will Jordan, we heard the horn sound in the distance. Perfect lighting, perfect morning catch.

March 26th, the Caney Fork & Western Railroad was dropped off 125 cars bound for Sparta, TN for storage. CFWR decided to use 54 year old 3002 (Ex WP) and 73 year old 106 (Ex NC&StL) to haul one of the longest trains across the 61 mile railroad

Four WAMX SD40-2 units: 4230, 4159, 4227 and 4233 sit at the engine facility in Lewiston, Idaho on clear spring afternoon.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 5373 is the point unit of the 3 SSW (Cotton Belt) units: 9662 (GP60), 7281 and 7279 (GP40-2) at the Tucson Yard engine facility. Storm clouds are forming to the east as the monsoons continue on this September 1998 afternoon.

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.

SP 8377 Snoot Tunnel Motor involved in a wreck sits at the Los Angeles Taylor Yard waiting for repairs to be done in March 1981.

The brakeman on SP 8236 brings the power to couple back onto its train as SP 8499 helper set has been cut out after helping the train east up Tehachapi Pass.

CSX Heritage Unit 1850 (L&N) Sits in Russell Awaiting its next Job

SP 2914 stands with all her accessories and lights on for the day at the Kern County Museum. Southern Pacific 2914 is a 4-8-0 TW-8 steam engine. Built in 1898 by Schenectady Locomotive works . Nicknamed the Mastodon she serves as the last of her breed as all other TW class steam engines from the SP have been scraped.

Nickel Plate Road 765, a 2-8-4, S-2 "Berkshire" steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1944, is seen here passing the Indiana/Michigan state border. It is seen passing the Indiana/Michigan state border in Ray, MI. The 765 is pulling the Indiana Rail Experience’s "Fall Colors Train", hosted by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the Indiana Northeastern Railroad. As said, directly from the IRE’s website, "Named Indiana’s 'Best New Experience' by the Indiana Tourism Association, the Indiana Rail Experience offers a variety of trips and events including hour-long rides, themed event trains, and all-day excursions aboard our historic passenger trains."

A road slug and GP40-2 set head east through Auburn Junction on L378-10 as the sun sets to the west.

The day began as the Eastman train barreled down upon Loyall with 45 empties and a YN2 leader, a classic scene that is only ruined by the trailing YN3 ES44AH. This was strange compared to the normal operations, as they usually load the full 90 cars, take 45’s in 2 trips and brung the entire 90 empties back. The dispatcher got themselves into a bit of a pickle however. R615 was rolling in on Main 2 and the other 45 Eastman loads was on Main 1. In the yard tracks, only 3 are inspected and up to date for use, the rest are for storage or just out of service. A MOW train of ballast and ties took up one of those tracks, and a set of bad orders was on another, meaning that when Eastman arrived with the loads and went in on the only open track, it was impossible for the power to run around for its second cut. Instead of leaving first, the crew had to wait until the high rail finished up for the R615 instead, better news for me. I opted to catch them coming in by the old Baxter Interlocking Tower, built in 1926.

CSX ES44AH 3175, along with a CSX ET44AH scream up the grade in Hurricane, WV breaking the morning calm.