BNSF 5673 gives a shove on the back end of an empty coal train crossing the Snake River at Joso, WA. The train is operating as a run-through on this Union Pacific trackage, returning from Boardman... (more)

A C&O GP9 switches cars on the north side of Toledo, while Ann Arbor No. 10, formerly Manistique & Lake Superior Alco S3 No. 1 performs similar chores on a parallel track.

An EMD factory built GP20, UP487, idles at Albina Yard engine facilities with GP30 no. 839 on a dreary December day in 1974. This unit featured the flared 48 inch rear fan plus a 36 in. fan covere... (more)

Thief River Falls was once an important division point for Soo Line and rated this subtantial depot. The main tracks are just to the right of the building and remain one of two key lines connectin... (more)

An eastbound freight holds the mainline at Skykomish while helpers attach to the rear for the climb up Stevens Pass and through the Cascade Tunnel. Even in the era of modern GEs, the current BNSF ... (more)

The UP ASPX kicks up dust at Baker City, Ore. as it rolls east from Hinkle towards North Platte with priority freight from the Pacific Northwest. These trains rated UP's "fast 40s" and Centennials... (more)

AMTK 536 slows the North Coast Hiawatha to a stop at Livingston, MT. The train will spend some dwell time here while the headend power sets out a former NP FP7A unit for servicing at the BN shops ... (more)

BN SD45 6534 built in August 1971 is paired up with former GN SD45, BN 6454. Note that 6534 has NP style side windows on the cab (ala GE) as well as extended range dynamic brakes which became the ... (more)

CN local train No. 513 operating as a turn between Hinton, AB and Jasper crosses the causeway at Snaring (Windy Point). The train left Swan Landing with approximately 11,000 ft. of train to delive... (more)

A CNW coal train operating in conjunction with Wisconsin Central stops short of the diamond crossing the Wisconsin Central mainline. The train is on the former Milwaukee Road line from Necedah, WI... (more)

Rebuilt GP35 WC 4004 is parked at the diesel facility among some SD45s. The classy sand tower proudly announces whose railroad this is. Having been at this scene on November 27, 2015, it is all CN... (more)

CNW SD45 943 leads a former Chicago Great Western SD40 and two SD40-2s on an eastbound freight as the train crosses the Eau Claire River at Eau Claire, WI. The locos seem to dominate the bridge, w... (more)

MILW F7A no. 49-C and a B unit get a bit of attention as an employee readies them for their next assignment out of La Crosse. Note the blue MILW company ice reefer.

CN train 102 follows the shore of Jasper Lake as it heads east near Devona in Jasper National Park.

It's the day after Valentine's Day, and a blizzard is blowing through Vancouver, BC, not an everyday occurrence. The weather has stopped air travel and slowed highway traffic, but VIA's Canadian w... (more)