Finally a nice lash-up! NS train 344 rolls up the NO&NE with some foreign visitors this morning. The FXE SD40's are a rarity this far east, so shooting them was a must. Although they were isolated... (more)
UP 3046 shoves on an eastbound coal train headed for the Marysville sub.
A pair of SD40s and a DD35B (and another unit) wiggle into the yard tracks in Cheyenne under storm light.
One of two of UP's non flaired radiator SD40X's. Here it sits at Kansas City. Photo taken by Bill Folsom.
Before production began on EMD's new line of 645-engine diesels, there were various test bed diesels constructed. Commonly called SD40X diesels (and, less commonly, SDX40s) by railfans, EMD simpl... (more)
UP 3046 pours on the coal as it overtakes the 3026 on its left while a couple of railfans give the engineer a wave.
A pair of ex-Chicago & Northwestern SD40-2s, complete with the bell on the nose, lead a westbound stack train past Milepost 215.
A throwback stack train: Three UP SD40-2's lead a westbound stacker across Iowa. This is a real oddity, as modern power is almost always used on long distance stack trains.
