Working Durand Yard by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Huron & Eastern 702 has just arrived from Bay City and is in the process of yarding their train with B30-7 #5492 and GP40-2W #9712. 4/29/2011
NS GP15-1 #1456 by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Built in 1979, NS #1456 was one of one hundred GP15-1s built for Conrail that spelled the end for many older EMD F units and GP7s/GP9s. With the fleet divided between NS and CSX in 1999, this unit would soldier on for its new owner still in Conrail blue. About a year after I shot it working a local here at Pine, NS decided they were done with the GP15s and sold them all to Larry's Truck & Electric. Today #1456 works for Patriot Rail's Louisiana & Northwestern. 5/27/2006
Classic Surfliner by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
While I certainly wish I could've shot more of them, I glad I made it out to California twice to shoot the Surfliner F59s. Here north-bound train #769 rolls along the Pacific Coast Highway near Sea Cliff. 3/6/2011
GTW GP9R #4625 by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Built in 1954 as GTW 4543, rebuilt in 1992 at the Battle Creek shops into a GP9R. In the rebuild, the locomotives received a complete rewire, new 645 power assemblies, 26L brakes, and new cabs and noses that were built by VMV. #4625 is seen here working L500 in Durand back in May of 2010. 5/1/2010
Palmer Lake MAC by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
BNSF #8837, by then just another typical aging SD70MAC with the middle part of the top stripe burned off, leads a loaded coal train south onto the single track on the Joint Line in Palmer Lake, CO. 7/21/2010
North Yard by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
A pair of SD40Ns move through North Yard while a UP car man drives by. Denver, CO 10/20/2021
Albion by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
A pair of SD40-2s are working on hard the old B&O as they lug Q386 east through Albion on a clear November morning in 2011. 11/12/2011
CNW Days by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Chicago & North Western SD40-2 #6847 and GP7R #4160 are in charge of the caboose train during IRM's Annual Diesel Days in July of 2009. IRM's restored CNW commuter train can be seen behind the caboose hop. 7/18/2009
Conway by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
An SD70ACe and an ES44AC back out of the east end of Conway to rescue a train that outlawed on the other side of the control point. In the distance, an eastbound intermodal prepares to depart while a hump job shoves a cut of cars over the hump. 8/14/2022
The Moo by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad GP9 #101, known colloquially as "The Moo", sits tied to a string of ballast hoppers in Garibaldi. This ex C&O unit became stranded out here when the middle section of the Tillamook branch was badly damaged in a storm in 2007. Now operated by the Oregon Coast Scenic, The Moo sees occasional use as a back up for their main diesel, Great Northern F7A #274. 9/5/2022