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SP 7673 west and SP 8538 west wait for clearance to depart Tucson yard heading toward West Colton, CA in October 1987.

Reading 2102 rounds Black Oak Curve on a sunny fall morning.

Reading 2102 rolls through the wintry woods with its passenger train at Milepost 108.

Reading 2102 rolls downgrade through the snow at Milepost 119 as it approaches Nesquehoning Tunnel near the end of its northbound run to Jim Thorpe.

Near Swift Current, SK

UP Big Boy 4014 thunders out from behind a northbound CSX freight on the joint UP/CSX corridor, just north of Watseka, en route for the whistle stop in the town.

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

Well I took this picture of Union Pacific 6224 (GE C44ACM) & Union Pacific 4593 (EMD SD70M) today coupled to a string of MOW Rail railcars just idling with the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard in Pueblo, Colorado.

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.

Well I took this picture of Union Pacific 1482 idling at the fuel rack/sanding towers within the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard servicing area waiting on its next assignment.

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.

Well here sits Union Pacific 4170 in a long line of other Union Pacific locomotives on a Repair In Place (RIP) Track in the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard.

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.

Southern 154 crosses the Holston River Bridge for one of the last times for its current boiler ticket. 154 is due for its next 1472 inspection and will be out of service for a bit

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 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.

Trona Railway’s outbound road train to Searles smokes its way up the grade out of the valley