The Soo's only SD9 working at Marshfield in 1966. Photo is probably by the late Joe Stauber.

Wishram was quite a spot to spend some time in back in the 70's. It pretty much was a railroad town, with a depot and restaurant open 24 hours. The place seemingly was a throwback to the 60's or b... (more)

GTW 4138 at Bay City. Most of my time was spent in Upper Michigan but I would get stuck attending occasional business meetings in the Lower Peninsula and I often tried to get a little rail action ... (more)

WC 6651,588 are eastbound on the ore loads bound for Algoma Steel at Rexton. This train has 44 loads and it will be arriving at the steel mill in approximately two hours. Both of these locomotive ... (more)

CNW 902 at Proviso, photographer possibly Robert Anderson, slide came from Richard Wallin years ago. The four CNW RS-27's were ill-fated and apparently had a multitude of problems that CNW couldn'... (more)

CNW 1906 at Eland. This photo has been in my collection for a number of years. No photographer listed on slide. I have since been told photo was shot by the late Joe Stauber

BN 5671 looking pretty good still in its NP paint at Galesburg. Slide from my collection for, stamped R. Wallin.

Utah 306 is sitting outside the shop in the morning sun at Martin. I was able to spend a few days in Utah and Colorado during June 1980 and put the time to good use as far as rail photography, muc... (more)

An early morning westbound is lead by 4258,2541 with 116 cars at Lyle. The wind whipped Columbia is visible in the background.

DM&IR 157,212,185 are leaving Proctor yard heading to the docks in Duluth on a bright September afternoon.

AC 201,158.170 wheel #12 south on a cold March afternoon. Daylight freights on the south end of the ACR were fairly rare, as most were operated at night to stay out of the way of the four daily pa... (more)

Two of the four trouble plagued CNW RS-27's rest on the turntable at Council Bluffs. The CNW had many problems with these units and they only lasted from March 1962 until February 10, 1966 on the ... (more)

I never was really up to speed on the Milwaukee Road roster and was learning as I went after the Soo bought them up in the mid-80's. This odd looking paint bleeding through SD had me wondering unt... (more)

A filthy C&O SD rests near Plaster Creek on the east end of C&O's Grand Rapids area Wyoming Yard. Oddly enough at the time considering the amount of tonnage C&O/B&O moved(coal) they had many more ... (more)

Fort Madison in the summer seems to be hot, humid and sticky...it was sure a great spot to sit back along the Mississippi and watch big time Santa Fe action in the 70's and 80's though. This eastb... (more)