Escorting a couple of out-of-towners a westbound freight has negotiated the worst of Cajon Pass and rolls along beside Lytle Wash.

EX SF GP30u sits in the sun on a warm summer day.

Looking fresh in the morning sun. Originally ATSF.

Southwestern Railroad GP30u #2414 passes by the old cattle pens at Whitewater Jct., NM. These pens ave not been used since the early 1960s.

A-OK, Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad GP30U 2411, a former ATSF/BNSF motor poses for it's portrait at Shawnee, Oklahoma on the evening of May 9, 2019.

The stylish lines of EMD's GP30 series still thrives in a few places, one of these is on the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. A pair of the carrier's "GP30s" with 645 power assemblies added a... (more)

With 4-axle power assigned in Bakersfield, a westbound pig train starts the long climb to the summit of Franklin Canyon at Maltby. The big oil storage tanks in the distance belong to Getty Oil.

Santa Fe 5205 West roars up the steep grade on the eastern slope of Tehachapi Pass. Compared to the 30+ miles it takes for eastbounds to reach the summit of the mountain, trains coming west reach ... (more)

Four-axle Santa Fe EMDs bring a long string of loaded tank cars through Christie, CA.

Santa Fe 2756 East emerges from tunnel 5 with her diesel exhaust billowing skyward. The freight is fighting a heavy grade and almost constant curvature. It was not unusual to see GP30s on the poin... (more)

On a warm afternoon in the spring of 1988, a Santa Fe westbound with four-axle locomotives for power heads downhill at Woodford. Rebuilt GP30u (for "upgrade") No. 2759 is in the lead wearing the r... (more)

GSMR 2467 sits ready to lead the Nantahala Gorge Excursion in the a.m.

The Nantahala Gorge Excursion departs Bryson City on time. 10:30 a.m.

Anyone order an undec GP30? Former ATSF/BNSF GP30U now Greenville & Western GRLW 4204 was built in March 1963 and acquired by GRLW in June of 2014. The unit is seen here standing in Belton, South ... (more)