CNW 219, formerly F7A 4076C, looks a bit worse for wear, but keeps humming along with mainline freights on former CGW and MSTL lines between Minneapolis and Iowa. This scheme was a replacement for... (more)

CNW 1625 has crawled to a stop in Koll siding on Chippewa Falls, WI's south side with the Cornell Local from Altoona, WI. The train had a train order meet with train 406 from Superior, WI, then co... (more)

This vintage shot was taken at Eau Claire Tower, capturing a classic piece of railroad history from the 1950s and 60s. The tower operator hands up orders to the engineer of train 172, powered by a... (more)

CNW 4445 brings as west side job strings of boxcars east past Eau Claire Tower on CNW's mainline from the Twin Cities. By 1982 the crossovers between main tracks have been removed, as well as the ... (more)

A sunny March day finds former Omaha Road RS-3, CNW 167, idling between chores on industrial trackage along the Mississippi River in Winona, MN. The CNW and highway bridges over the river are visi... (more)

Eau Claire Tower was the heart of railroad operations through town from 1896 to 1991. This former Omaha Road (CNW) structure was actually originally built to a Milwaukee Road design. It protected ... (more)

Except for the weather it could almost be a PR pose, as an eclectic group of F units pose at the west side of Cedar Lake diesel shop, formerly Minneapolis & St. Louis's main shops on a drizzly Mar... (more)

DMIR 210 leads SD40-3 and SD38-2 212 as it descends Proctor Hill nearing Collingwood and the Duluth ore docks. Note the uphill main is out of service and will eventually be removed.

DMIR 212 leads an empty taconite train into Proctor after climbing Proctor Hill from the Duluth docks. No. 212 could use some touch up on its paint job. By this time older SD9s were getting pretty... (more)

A TV intermodal train makes a brief stop at Collinwood Yard on Cleveland's east side for a crew change and fuel stop. This Chicago originated train is headed for either the greater New York area o... (more)

A Milwaukee Road SW1 switcher returns across the Chippewa River bridge to the yard after working west side industries in Eau Claire, WI. The three truss bridge was light weight restricting diesel ... (more)

CNW SD40 883 leads a trio of power including a former Southern SD24 and torpedo-tube equipped GP35 on train 406 at Yukon Jct. as the train arrives in Eau Claire from Spooner, WI on its way to the ... (more)

BC Rail's RDC passenger service from North Vancouver, BC to Squamish/Lillouett/Prince George started with a trip along the cliffs above Howe Sound. Here the two car train bends around the cliffs a... (more)

Amtrak 500 brings up the rear of the Leavenworth Snow Train as it waits in Winton siding for a BNSF freight to roll by westbound. The train is en route to Leavenworth for an afternoon of snowy act... (more)

Tired of snow? Here is an eastbound empty oil train rolling along the Wenatchee River at Monitor, WA on a beautiful summer day about 7 miles west of the Wenatchee crew change. I look forward to ge... (more)