Milw 555 passes the Grand Crossing tower at the east end of Milwaukee's La Crosse yard. I think this job was called the Portage Patrol, but it was a long time ago and things are getting pretty haz... (more)

Rolling out of a cut past some nice fall color is Milwaukee Roads Channing -Green Bay freight. U23B 5003 is leading the way followed by GP9 310 and GP40 2042. From a railfan standpoint the best un... (more)

BAR 49,45,80 head north out of Northern Maine Junction late in the evening of a nice spring day. If I remember correctly this train is crossing the MEC on its way out of town and a number of BL-2'... (more)

MEC 572 is spotted with a fairly large caboose in front of an old engine shed in Livermore Falls.

A only on the C&NW consist of RSD-4 1620, RS-3/11 1613, GP30 806 has just arrived in Waseca on train #482. The train will be worked here, so the power has cut off and is heading to the small engin... (more)

ACR 187,186,203,202 have a heavy #12 in tow with a mix of lumber,paper,logs and ore. I was over waist deep in snow getting in position for this shot. After this trip snowshoes were always kept in ... (more)

After the CNW retired the Alco C628 fleet at Escanaba they tried many combination's of units to try to replace them with varying degrees of success. The original plan was a pair of SD60's or SD50'... (more)

A train that I probably wouldn't have bothered with five years earlier was this westbound. Clouds were filling the sky, but by late 1979 the handwriting was on the wall for the Soo F-unit fleet. Q... (more)

A Milwaukee only model SDL39 rests at La Crosse. After the Soo merger most of the SDL39's went to storage. They were then leased to DME and later found there way to the WC where they gave many yea... (more)

Soo 2202A,738 blast through the snow leading #912 east on a icy Feb. morning. By this time Soo F's were not popular lead units, so this was a lucky event in my world, if not that of the engine cre... (more)

Still looking pretty good in it's Ex NP paint(except for a mismatched battery box door) BN 5667 suns itself at Daytons Bluff. The U25/28C's spent a good amount of their time in coal service after ... (more)

In a sure sign that both the Soo Line and Upper Michigan were in for a very long winter, 2229B and 2500A roll 19 cars west toward Marquette on a chilly, snowy mid-October afternoon.

CPR always seemed to be in kind of a dilemma motive power wise. Never really sold on any model after the SD40-2. At least until the big GE purchases started. They bought 10 used SD40m's from MK in... (more)

A slide from my collection that I traded for years ago, no location or information except the Kodak date stamp. I've guessed NM and by the look of the train and date I'm guessing it's train 23/24.

WC 4502 is waiting for the day shift to arrive and fit her with a set of rebuilt trucks inside the ex ACR shop at Steelton. In the background you can spot a freshly paint FP9 being made ready for ... (more)