After the Soo bought the Milwaukee they found themselves in possession of "gasp" more GE's. These units, mainly U30C's, U23B's and U36C's had been out of service and stored at the Milwaukee, WI sh... (more)

I don't know the train number but VIA 6511 paused by the North Bay station with a short five car westbound in the Spring of 1988. The train could have been the Montreal section of the Canadian but... (more)

CP 8791 in fresh paint leads a F7B and another RS-18 on train 904 at St. Luc. Slide is from my collection with no photographer listed. I either traded for or bought this slide years ago.

In this photo from my collection taken by the late Bill Dechau D&H 609 leads an EL SD45 and open auto racks at Buffalo in the spring of 76. I have been notified that this photo was probably taken ... (more)

BN 4254, 6435, 6489 make their way along what I would guess is WP territory in early 1971. No photographer or location listed on slide. It has been in my collection for years.

A hazy May day in 1986 at CNW's Oelwein Shop found a large amount of units scattered around the shop building and the yard. This Ex RDG/CR SD45 seemed to have an identity crisis, wearing its CR 61... (more)

Time spent along the CPR main in the early 90's normally meant a stream of SD40/SD40-2's. The MLW's were still about but could most often be found as trailing units in Northern Ontario. I never wa... (more)

The two ex FRV SD24's that WC inherited with the take over of that road quickly found a home in Upper Michigan, working along with a number of SDL39's on the light rail of the Ex DSS&A line from T... (more)

VIA 6531,6632 are starting to accelerate train 2 away from the station stop in Kenora on a humid late May afternoon. In the distance you can see the CPR station,freight house and the local SW seri... (more)

The usual suspects, F's 5771,5762,5763 lead the eastbound RGZ into Helper after the early morning run over Soldier Summit.

BN 602 still in its GN scheme at Vancouver. Slide is in my collection, no photographer listed.

RS-3 rebuild 4250 basks in a setting sun at Escanaba roundhouse. The unit was rebuilt by Alco with a 251 engine and RS-11 style long hood in 1960 after an accident in 1959. This unit was plagued w... (more)

When the WC first bought the ex VIA F's for Agawa Canyon service they tended to stay in passenger service, even during the peak fall color season when the tour train could run up to 30 cars. Durin... (more)

CP 4739 was trailing on a westbound coming into Thunder Bay when it developed a problem. It was quickly set out to be towed back to St. Luc for some needed work. By the amount of burnt off paint i... (more)

I never spent much time on the Rock as I didn't start shooting slides until 1975-76 and even though I traveled the mid-west before it shut down I always seemed to concentrate on Soo, BN, CNW and t... (more)