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SF 2949 East leads a Los Angeles-Barstow manifest train through Devore, CA as it begins climbing up Cajon Pass.

SF 2825 West leads two other GP35's and a GP30, makes a set out at Hesperia in the late afternoon in April 1985.

BNSF 2543 and BNSF 2620 lead the Sandpoint Local over the Sand Creek bridge on a beautiful fall afternoon.

NSHR-1 makes its way north from Winfield on the UCIR with LVRR GP35 2016 leading north over the ex Reading Company trackage along the west branch of the Susquehanna River. NSHR-1 works industries between Winfield and New Columbia on the ex Reading trackage that runs via Lewisburg.

On July 18th I found myself in Alpena for work and thus, an opportunity to get more shots of the seldom photographed Lake State freight that runs south out of Alpena on the former Detroit and Mackinac Railway. LSRC Train 326 works its way southbound on the Huron Sub just south of Ossineke (Aww-sin-ek), Michigan crossing this rather picturesque bridge over the curiously named Devil’s River. LSRC Slug #303 and Slug Mother #4303 are former NS units who see regular service up here on the former D&M, where ancient stick rail and slow orders means that large road units such as SD40's and SD70M's are not permitted to go and slow speeds are the name of the game. This bridge is close, but also far from any public road and required a hike in. Once on site I needed to be in the water as the angle I wanted was otherwise not possible. After a delicate time meandering amongst the rocks, the train came lumbering by at a breakneck pace of 10MPH with around 60 cars. The water felt good; nice and cool but not too cold and super clear. For being named the Devil's River, it was quite heavenly.

SP 6322 merger unit crosses the Salt River bridge in Tempe, AZ in June 1986.

UP GP35 795 (Ex-WP 3017) sits in the siding at Bowie, Arizona waiting to go to the Arizona Eastern. The Bowie coaling tower was one of three on the SP Lordsburg district between Tucson and Lordsburg in the late 1980's.

BNSF 2620 with two other GP units leads a local east out of Spokane, WA at the siding called Irvin.

AKMD 2503, 2152 and 2151 rest at the yard in Jones Mill, AR near Hot Springs in fresh paint.

EIRR 3512, Austin Western 5001 and EIRR 3812 rest at the Rupert yard during the early morning.

SP GP35 6533 is one of many locomotives stored at the SP Los Angeles Taylor yard.

Eastern Idaho RR WAMX 3508 (Ex-WP 3012) and new paint scheme EIRR 3922 at the Idaho Falls yard.

WAMX 3523 in the Palouse River & Coulee City paint scheme rest in the yard at Lewiston, Idaho on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Boise Valley Railroad power at its yard in Tampa, Idaho. BVRR 3502 (GP35), BVRR 3821 (GP38-2) and BVRR 3525 (GP30).

Two former Santa Fe units 2504 and 2511 are seen at the AOK (Arkansas & Oklahoma RR) yard in Wister, OK.

Hartwell 136, an ex RF&P geep dying away in Lavonia, Georgia.