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)

Numerous family/railfan vacations over the years allowed me a lot of time to photo the CNW in the Black Hills area. The Western Division GP35's with their roof mounted air tanks and big fuel tanks... (more)

C&O 5917 and B&O 3549 rest at Traverse City after arriving with a northbound train. At the time Traverse City still rated a switch engine and daily service from the C&O.

CN's smaller US roads seemed to flip power around every now and then in the 70's and 80's. The group of RS-11's made a couple trips from the CV to the DWP. Geeps also were swapped fairly often bet... (more)

VIA train 1 with 6401,6612,6635 is slowing to a stop in Ignace on a hot July afternoon.

AC 1756 leads 1750,1754,1755,1751 and 25 cars of train 4 south of Heyden. The light was fading fast on this late running canyon tour and I was trying for a different location when my world was sud... (more)

BN 1941 and 1891 at Bemidji in this shot from my collection. With the huge amount of units from NP/GN/CB&Q/SP&S that BN inherited on merger day in 1970 it was a number of years until they all ende... (more)

The pairs of SD50's and 60's that replaced the C628's didn't always work out so well as this shot attests. At lunch hour the 6539 that had been working the Dumper Job headed up to Brampton to resc... (more)

Back to back GP7's in the form of BAR 62 and 69 arrive with 55 cars at Northern Maine Junction. This train was the daily Searsport job and seemed to handle a large amount of tank car traffic.

A pair of nearly new CNW U-boats at Minneapolis in the summer of 68. Slide came from R. Wallin years ago. Photographer T. Smart.

CNW 413 had a long career after retirement. Sold to RTA in in 1978 it was used in Chicago area commuter service until early 1985, then sold to Naporano Iron and Metals and after that was sold to a... (more)

The 4 axle Alco's the CNW transferred from Huron to Escanaba in 1980-1981 added a bit more Alco variety to Upper Michigan. I always liked the C425's and thought they were good looking units. I'm s... (more)

A couple of Soo GP9's along with GP35 724 idle away the hours at Stevens Point. The 4231 Was a former passenger geep noted by the roof top air tanks and small fuel tank while the 403 was a freight... (more)

C&NW 4200 a rebuilt ex RI GP7 heads up a short local arriving in Green Bay.

Working uphill past the old station at Fabyans MEC 256, 260, 257 and 406 are assaulting the grade toward Crawford Notch with 36 cars.