SP 8404, 9070 and 9119 are leaving Grants Pass behind with a westbound consisting of 69 cars of mainly lumber and wood-chips.

CSX 3303,5532 work south through Cartersville with mixed freight. The trailing GE sure could use a trip to the paint booth.

Soo 2408 and 4441 rest by the Trout Lake depot while a couple of crew members discuss the upcoming switch moves. A little snow is left from the previous evening and it will not be long until the s... (more)

CPR 4706,4243,4707 lead train 516 at Toronto. In later years some of the Big MLW's took on a rough appearance although they still could get down and pull well. The 4706 was about the worst looking... (more)

La Crosse in the summer usually has high humidity and the days often start out fairly foggy or just with a milky sky. This early morning shot of 6618, 8099, 8015 and 6446 leading 56 cars of train ... (more)

Soo GP15C's 4102,4106,4101 are westbound with the Humboldt Transfer crossing the Mississippi.

ACRI 1750,1753 roll train 4 southbound near the south siding switch at Frater. It was a long bone jarring ride in on some rough gravel roads to get to Frater. The tracks hugging the shore of a lak... (more)

CNW 6719, 6717, 6701 rest at Little Lake with a loaded ore train while the crew is off getting lunch. Just as lunch is about over an empty job also powered by three C628's will show up and roll th... (more)

In the spring of 1994 CNW landed a few all rail ore movements from Empire Mine to CR at Chicago. The CR ore cars came up behind 8600 series GE's from Proviso. While the CR trains were loading the ... (more)

4364, 6857 and 6886 head a manifest over the long bridge at Neenah. Slide from my collection, no photographer listed.

In one of my last shots of LS&I RSD-12's in operation 1852,1804,1850 roar out of Empire Junction with 61 loads on the 7AM Tilden job. Ex BN U30C were already on the property and crews were looking... (more)

Right at sunset Soo train 12 crosses the Pine River Bridge at Rudyard with MILW 165 leading leased CR 7789 along with Soo geeps 2405,401 and 22 cars. This was during the Soo's short lived Lake Sta... (more)

The ore loads from Wawa drop downgrade just south of Northland. Powering this late evening southbound is 6677, ATSF 5972, 6627, 6519. There is also a head end cut of pulp that was picked up on the... (more)

Soo Line seemed to be perpetually short of power through the 60's and 70's. Leasers tended to show up every fall and winter and normally would hang around until spring. Most of the time it was GN ... (more)

UP 2621,2517 idle in the early morning light waiting for a new crew to arrive to finish the trip down to Escanaba. The UP didn't last very long in Michigan as the WC bought these isolated lines in... (more)