A unit frac sand train from Winona, MN to Amarillo, TX utilizes CP trackage rights all to Tunnel City, WI where it will return to home rails.

A different kind of heritage, with a 20 year old un-patched Southern Pacific leading a unit sand train out of Winona, MN while a DM&E leader on CP H20-11 is tied down in the Old Siding at River Ju... (more)

Here we find a special unit in the North Yard - an unpatched Southern Pacific engine, which still retains the original SP markings nearly 18 years after the merger.

Southern Pacific's ROCHM waits for a helper engine to arrive while the TASNC cruises by at Castilla on Dec. 23, 1995.

A glimpse into the past. "Old" Valmeyer, IL, was once a quaint small town two miles from the east bank of the mighty Mississippi River. In 1993, the Mississippi flooded its banks in one of ... (more)

An Unpatched Southern Pacific AC4400CW, Number 177, Leads Union Pacific Train MALFWX 02, a Frac Sand Train Bound For Texas. Here the Train is seen Heading Southbound on Union Pacific's Chester Sub... (more)

RRGNMS heads east with SP 177 and patched UP 6210 leading the way.

An unpatched Espee that I have been trying to catch for many months finally came through today... and in good light! SP 177 and 5 others bring 105 sand mtys east to Altoona.

Hard to find a unpatched SP engine these days. And even more rare to see one in the lead.

SP177+SP232+SP131 leading a manifest out of Walong as the Cans climb the loop.

An unpatched (mostly!) SP 177 leads a southbound mixed freight along the Front Range of Colorado.