The hour for Soo F's was growing short when I shot this westbound local on the last day of November 1979. Normally not used as leaders at the time, a bribe of a box of donuts and a friendly crew g... (more)

Until the 1989 purchase of C40-8's for coal service the CNW had a very limited amount of success with GE products. The handful of 1968 U30C's were not held in high favor on the CNW. Most of the ti... (more)

A couple of tired Milwaukee warriors rest near Iron Mountain. The 108A and 114B were assigned to service in the area. The plywood port holes and rusted out side panels show the work and abuse thes... (more)

UP 305,CNW 5057,UP 2863,3198,2816 scream east with 80 cars a few miles out of the big yard at North Platte. The 305 was just roaring and I figure she would toss her cookies at any time as I gave c... (more)

As BN moved through the eighties they experimented with some different looks on the noses of their units. Tiger stripes were tried on a handful of SD60's/SD40-2's and then arrived in a big way on ... (more)

A crew member enjoys a relaxing ride on the front steps of 1202 after a long shift of working the local industries in the Menominee/Marinette area. Work done for the day the train will soon pass o... (more)

WC's lone big FP45 toiled in freight service nearly all the time. But on a snowy spring day in 1996 it was found leading an AMT unit and a lengthy train of private cars eastbound near Trout Lake.

Milwaukee Road power at the roundhouse in La Crosse. The group consists of 5701,2007, the geep to the right is 293 and the SW to the left is 861. The buildings were crumbling and the service track... (more)

AC 1751 has Train 1 on the go near Bellevue, Ont during the summer of 96.

CNW 6583,6582 bounce over the BN's Chicago-Twin Cities main at Grand Crossing with a late evening westbound using Milwaukee Road trackage rights from Tunnel City to Winona. The CNW bought a large ... (more)

CNW 6602,6618,4506,4507,4512 are at the Rapid City Roundhouse. Most likely this set of power had come in on the line from Pierre as most often the line up from Chadron, NE was powered by GP35's an... (more)

The La Crosse PM switch job powered by a SW-1 works the east end of the yard near the Grand Crossing interlocking. The CNW geep is working a part of the remaining CNW track in the area that made i... (more)

CNW's only RS-11 rests at the Escanaba Roundhouse. This unit was normally assigned to the Powers-Iron Mountain job.

BN switch power in the form of 6163,580 idle away at the BN yard in Omaha. The SD9's could be found in all kinds of service at the time, probably everything except coal and maybe that even happene... (more)

D&M 1077 rests in Mackinaw City waiting for the Chief Wawatam to return from St. Ignace. I like the sign above the short hood of the RS-3. After this photo we always referred to 1077 as D&M's BEST... (more)