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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.

KLIX 317, back in its orginal Northern Pacific paint and number, trails NYSW train CL-1 on its way to the CSX interchange in Syracuse, NY.

A C430 & C424 lead a DIT AC60CW as ME-1 approaches the BP Diamond in Corry, PA. The AC60CW is returning from being on display in Meadville, PA

GSMR 1702 is high stepping towards the Nantahala Gorge on a warm May afternoon

SP 7516 West leads the KCPXM-15 (Kansas City-Phoenix Manifest) over the Cienega Creek bridge with a colorful consist of CSX, MPI and SP units in beautiful late afternoon storm light.

A 5100 series unit leads I135-25 at Ripley, only 94 axles according to the nearby defect detector. The saga of the AC4400CW will be coming to a close at Wabtec will be rebuilding the remaining roster of these locomotives.

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.

Caldwell County 1747 sits quiet in Hickory NC. This engine hasn't moved in several years, and on a cold December night, I stopped by and took some make shift night shots utilizing my cars headlights

NC&StL 710 backs onto TVRM train 100. During COVID, TVRM was running 4-5 car locals. With so many cars, they couldn't preform full train wye movements. So the engine went around solo

UP 3709, SSW (Cotton Belt) 9375 and Frisco U25B 819 are part of a UP Yermo-Los Angeles consist in November 1980.

During the recession of the early 1980's the UP stored many units at the Yermo yard in the dry Mojave desert. Here are five UP GP30B's 707, 711, 729, 702 and 715. Note the 729 in older lettering with the "We Can Handle It" slogan.

UP 8075 east leads the LADEX through the Frost crossover in Victorville, Ca in 1980.

After a long chase of M442 up to Baldwin, FL in the morning, I decided to set up camp at the northern end of CSX's Moncrief Yard in Jacksonville, FL. Arriving there, I found 2 trains, NS 287 arriving into NS's Simpson yard in the distance and CSX L795 building his train for his return trip north. After seeing Amtrak train #98 was close enough, I drove to the other side of the tracks and within minutes up came Amtrak P098 slowly racing L795 towards its Jacksonville, FL station stop. Leading was a P42 which was a nice treat to end the day.

UP 6706 ( CNW 8884 ) leads UP MPRNL through Salem IL UP 6706 is the last CNW engine that wears the CNW paint scheme

Jeddo Coal 85 fights up "Spencer Mountain" with a caboose train and Engineer and Train Master Lane Baker at the throttle

UP 6905 West is stopped at San Bernardino station to wait for a Santa Fe to clear before continuing to Los Angeles with the SuperVan train.

Western Pacific 3523, Norfolk & Western 1355 is part of a UP consist at the Los Angeles yard in September 1983.

CP 5475 High Nose SD40-2 "B" unit (Ex-Southern 3247) and CP 5784 with SP 7450 at the Tucson yard in 1996. CP power was leased for the power hungry SP. Both CP units show the CP/Rail America scheme.

Soo Line 739, SP 7450, CP 5475 and CP 5784 is quite a surprise in Tucson, Arizona in 1996.

CSS 2000 and 805 lead the Kingsbury South Job southbound just outside LaPorte on a brisk Monday, at the pond off of County Road 150 East. This is not a common power set for this turn. The SD38-2's usually don't make their way over here, so this was a nice treat. Especially after dark, when the train headed back north and blasted its old-cast P5 horn.