BN 4260 is being made ready for another Inside Gateway job late on a June evening.

After the four C425's arrived they were generally the most common power around the Cheboygan area but other units could show up from time to time as this late evening shot of 974 and 181 awaiting ... (more)

The local out of Escanaba is headed for Partridge powered by 590, 4013 along with a few cars for the sawmill at the old K.I. Sawyer airbase and some interchange freight to the LS&I. Catching a SDL... (more)

BN 4191 still in its NP scheme rests at an unknown location in the Pacific Northwest. Slide has been in my collection for years with no photographer listed. After the BN merger the ex NP Alcos tha... (more)

With 60 loads the 3PM Tilden job is making its way back to the Eagle Mills yard on its first trip of the day. 2304, 1853, 2300 are barking right along as they pass Eagle Mills Junction on a cloudy... (more)

This shot from my collection has no photographer or location listed on the slide. My guess is Denver or Pueblo just because of the date and the ATSF U-boats mixed in. Maybe it could be Lincoln, NE... (more)

It's nearly sunset as CP train 503 passes through Lansing being lead by 4715 and 4705. The CPR Detroit-Chicago trackage rights trains on CSX were probably the last place in the USA where big Alco/... (more)

After the Soo/Milwaukee Road combination the Soo found itself with a much larger fleet of power...some of which it had no interest in retaining. This photo at Shoreham pretty much says it all as a... (more)

The sun is barely up as an early morning ore load works east at West Gladstone with 6888,6847,6835 leading the way.

The LS&I 3PM yard job works its way into the joint LS&I/CNW/Soo Line yard at Ishpeming with 15 cars of general freight/mine supplies. Gators 2400,2405, and 2401 darken the sky in fine Alco traditi... (more)

A fairly heavy train 12 with 75 cars powers up as it departs Trout Lake with 146 and 411 leading the way at 9:05PM. Summer in Upper Michigan allows for some late photos as the sun doesn't set unti... (more)

A couple of ex Milwaukee GP38-2's are spliced by Soo fuel tender 4001 at La Crescent.

Soo 4232 and 711 are being prepared for another day of working the paper mills around the Wisconsin Rapids area.

6543 scoots east with a short 6 car train. If you look close you can see a couple of logs ready to unload off the first car. Over the years I became pretty vigilant about looking the first few car... (more)

A very short train heads for Wisconsin Rapids on Milwaukee track north of Necedah. CNW 4307, 927, 6864 has 2 cars and a caboose flying right along on the rebuilt Milwaukee Valley Line. The 4307 is... (more)