Passing a stand of colorful leaf trees, train 1 is making its way north on a late September morning in 1997. F's 1752 and 1750 are trailed by a couple leased VIA coaches and a rather scrambled up ... (more)

NP 3300, one of ten that the road bought before the BN merger rests somewhere on the system. I took a guess it was out west, but really have no idea where it was shot. No information at all on th... (more)

D&M 4610 had worked its way up from Cheboygan and is backing to the ferry slip as it awaits the arrival of the Chief Wawatum from St. Ignace. Nearby a MN ex- Southern RS-3 is waiting to get southb... (more)

Everyone that ended up being interested in trains probably has one particular unit that "did it" for them...well this model was mine. My earliest childhood memory of trains revolves around the big... (more)

CNW 6706 rests at the end of a long string of stored C628's in the new ore yard at Escanaba. After being stored in December of 1986 the Alcos spent quite awhile in the number six ore yard with der... (more)

Soo never bought a new SD45 although the EMD demo units worked on the Soo for a couple weeks when EMD was barnstorming them across country when they first came out. Oddly enough the Soo purchased ... (more)

Lunch stop! 628's 6701,6726,6707 have just cut off there loaded ore train on the main at Little Lake and are pulling down to the east switch. After backing into the siding to minimize the walk thi... (more)

A couple U-boats lead a GP35 on westbound 83 at Cedar Lake in 1966. Photo is part of my collection but is not shot by me. No name on slide, scanned from a Ektachrome transparency.

ACR 159 rests in the dead line at Steelton after an encounter with a large truck in Sault Ste Marie almost 2 years earlier. The economic downturn of the early eighties was not kind to the ACR's tr... (more)

BN 4011 powers the westbound Gorge local near Lyle. The smokey C415 has 23 cars. The code line made the shot hard to deal with, but I'm glad I tried to work around it.

BN C424 4241 leads three SD45's on what I would guess is WP track in Northern California. No Information on slide as far as location or photographer. Slide has been in my collection for years.

An Ex Q GP30 leads a NP F and a BN unit eastbound near Wishram in this photo from my collection. The name of the photographer is quite faded but appears to be Tom Brown.

BN had quite a fleet of EMD covered wagons and they lasted into the early 80's. Here is an A-B-B-A set on train 123. This is a slide I traded for years ago, no photographer information on slide.

Milwaukee Road 101A leads a F7B and E9 along with what I would assume is the Afternoon Hiawatha at New Lisbon. Photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

A nearly new GP30 heads up a few GP20's on this Q train shot at Cicero in 1963. Photo from my collection and was traded for. Photographer appears to be R. Olmsted but is quite faded.