Train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha rolls by Carkeek Park in north Seattle behind a pair of BN F45s on New Years Day 1977. The F45s and former E8 heater car are substituting for SDP40Fs which had b... (more)

A CN transfer from the Vancouver area to Thornton Yard enters the east wye of the Fraser River CN/SRY/BNSF bridge which is situated immediately east of the Pattullo highway bridge which connects N... (more)

Afternoon rush hour has begun on the CNW at Madison St. station in Chicago, and the "scoots" are on the move, arriving from nearby California Ave. yard and lining up to load afternoon co... (more)

BN 474, a vintage NW2 is parked at Stacy St. Yard with celebrity caboose, BN 11444. This one of a kind caboose was built by Great Northern at St. Cloud, MN shops as a prototype that led to their X... (more)

UP was a kick to watch for locomotive fans in the 1970s. In addition to a variety of pool power, UP had the most diverse EMD offerings around. Here GP30 825 leads a trio of power on an engine trac... (more)

CNW 4087C sits outside the roundhouse at Green Bay looking more like a Centipede than an F7 with the wheels in the foreground. In August 1969 CNW was still a busy railroad in Green Bay featuring b... (more)

BN 9794 has been set out from the North Coast Hiawatha during its station stop at Livingston, MT. The passenger train has just departed the station and is starting to climb Bozeman Hill, and will ... (more)

Milwaukee Road train 201 headed up by former Bicentennial SD40-2 No. 156 heads into the curve at Sumner, WA as the fog lifts. GP9 no. 301 and its caboose are the Valley Owl local (patrol) that wor... (more)

Mid-train remote control units meet at Lytton, BC as a loaded coal train passes an empty grain train. CP used radio control cars to assist in their system. The left one is made from a CLC C-liner ... (more)

Seven units including four Fs have the Cle Elum Turn out of Auburn, WA well under control as they drop off the mountain grade at Easton, WA. The train will continue to Cle Elum, another 15 or so m... (more)

A sextet of MILW F units backs a train from Portland into Tide Flats Yard at Tacoma. The B units are slugs and the double ABA set was commonly used to handle the steep hill on Tacoma's south side.... (more)

Power for CP Rail's Canadian is being swithced at their Vancouver coach yard and city roundhouse just southeast of downtown. Access to this yard is through a horseshoe tunnel under the city from t... (more)

A cold, rainy day greets rare SDL39 583 and FM H-16-66 549 parked together at Pigs Eye roundhouse, St. Paul. The SDL39 went to the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central. The FM was retired in April 1976.

Back in 1991, Superfleet power dominated railfan interest as Santa Fe added a touch of class to their freight operations. GP60M shows off its flamboyant color scheme while waiting for servicing at... (more)

CP 5649 leads an eastbound freight through a tunnel and a meet near Hells Gate in the Fraser River Canyon. The head end includes radio car and slave units not needed mid-train for the eastbound mo... (more)