In 1993, the SP contracted Morrison Knudsen to supply 133 rebuilds in the form of a SD40M-2. MK provided the carbodies for these rebuilds and they were as the following carbody styles.... SD4... (more)
EMD 645s and smoke belching tunnels. Exhaust erupts from Tunnel 5 as the mid-train helpers provide 12,000 horsepower to assist the daily "Oil Can" train as it struggles upgrade through ... (more)
Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8576 (seen in the SP's Dolores Yard in Carson, California) began life as Chicago & North Western SD45 905. Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt it as an SD40M-2, and sold it to the S... (more)
It's 5:55pm on a warm July day as the normal BN westbound evening hotshot approaches East Dubuque, IL on main 1. The train has a brand new rebuild SP on the point tonight. SP units didnt look like... (more)
Nice, pure SP leader tugs Q132 eastward on ex-NYC rails.
Power move
Still unpatched in this morning shot, pointed westbound.
Nice to see a unpatch Southern Pacific engine on point of this westbound set of baretables
Extremely rare catch for the northeast an unpatched SP 8576 leads CSX 8586, GECX 8352 (ex SP) snoot nose SD40T-2 on its way to Portland Maine.
Still Unpatched.
Digital Rebel
Lufkin/Shreveport local with SP 8576 and SP 7102 rest silently at Riverfront yard.
The "Truckee Helper" crew receives a fresh line-up.
