CP 5819 lead a trio of SD40-2s on the point of a loaded coal train heading west along the Fraser River in the canyon north of Yale, B. C. CN is on the other side with grain boxcars and a stray pas... (more)

Here's a look inside an E9 locomotive, a work in progress at the Illinois Railroad Museum back in August 1992. The side panels on F and E units eventually wore out over time, requiring replacement... (more)

Surrounded by bandits, CP 1424 shows off the new look that some of those units will receive with CP's takeover of Soo Line. Arguably, Soo Line's bandit program was the worst image ever created in ... (more)

All dressed up and now where to go. FMs 423 and 427 have a fresh coat of paint in January 1976 as they sit in the retirement line at Savanna, Illinois. Built in December 1954 both these units woul... (more)

Extra MILW 24 West snakes its way through the Yakima River upper canyon between Thorp and Cle Elum, WA as it heads towards its crossing of Snoqualmie Pass. Tracks in the foreground are BN, formerl... (more)

Montana Rail Link SD45s 321, 315 and 323 reach the end of the line as they are scrapped at Livngston, MT in late May 2014.

A Milwaukee freight consisting of a GP9/GP35/U25B/U30B/U28B quintet rolls northbound across a river near McKenna, WA en route from Portland, OR to Tacoma. After the BN merger, Milwaukee Road gaine... (more)

Milwaukee Road no. 25 fights heavy snowfall on top of Snoqualmie Pass at Hyak, WA as it is about to duck its westbound freight into Snoqualmie Tunnel, a 2.2 mile trip under the top of the Cascades... (more)

A Boeing 737 fuselage takes a ride on the railroad. Before they ever fly, Boeing 737s make their first trip by rail, including a ride through the Cascade Tunnel on Stevens Pass in Washington state... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder made its station stop at North La Crosse on a beautiful June day in 1972, and provided this opportunity for a faux Great Northern Big Sky Blue PR shot in the process. Dome ... (more)

UP's famous Overland Mail North makes good time along the Columbia River near Viento State Park, Oregon on September 16, 1979 powered by its typical Centennial-Fast Forty-Centennial trio. This was... (more)

Two Milwaukee Road F7 A-B-A sets join forces to drag a Portland bound freight out of Tide Flats Yard. The B units are slugs and the two sets were assigned to Tacoma to handle helper service up the... (more)

A trip down memory lane, CNW train 483 rolls west with U30C 936 on the point, and two SD45s trailing (949 and an unknown No.), crossing the Soo-Milwaukee diamond at Eau Claire tower. CNW SW1 No 12... (more)

Renumbered, but not repainted, a small group of former GN and Burlington power enjoy some summer sunlight at the former Great Northern roundhouse facilities. As the railroad completed revising Nor... (more)

BNSF 6294 heads an eastbound Z train upgrade on the one percent climb from Albus (Columbia River siding) to Quincy near Cresent Bar, Washington. It will meet a westbound counterpart at Trinidad.