A train led by CP 5602 has stopped at the Mission City depot after leaving Coquitlam Yard. The crew stopped into the depot and are likely consulting with the station agent and dispatcher about wea... (more)

CNW 974 is in the round house at Altoona, WI for servicing in January 1974. The SD45 pretty much took up the whole stall compared to older Geeps and F units as well as smaller steam locomotives th... (more)

CN 5599 a GP38-2W was unique to CN when delivered. The unit could be found in local and secondary freight service and is shown here at North Kamloops in the company of a GP9 under old steam era wa... (more)

In April 1974 U23B 6329 leads a U28C and U30CG west through Joliet with a mostly intermodal hotshot. The latter two units had been built for passenger service prior to Amtrak's takeover of those t... (more)

In our Bicentennial summer Amtrak still used the Minneapolis Great Northern station for its stop. It is visible in the background as the North Coast Hiawatha departs across the Mississippi River o... (more)

BNSF rolls a grain train west over the causeway along the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT in fluctuating weather conditions. A sun break brightens up the train in otherwise stormy conditions.

CN 2834 leads a combined sand and oil train up Steelton hill on Duluth's southwest side over former Missabe trackage. At this point one can see the old Missabe route behind the train. The bridge o... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades service train heads north across the Ballard bridge at the Lake Washington Shipping Canal in Seattle. It will make a 30 mile run along Puget Sound to Everett before continuing n... (more)

EL 2572 makes a transfer move at Ashland Avenue yard on Chicago's south side. Somebody must have been proud of this unit as it is spotless!

GN SD9 no. 581 gets some attention at the combined washing and fueling rack in Superior, WI in late summer 1970. By now the unit is BN, but there is no indication on the unit.

CNW SD40-2 no. 6915 almost looks out of place in its own yard with all the UP power hanging around. Four years before the merger, it looks like UP already owns the operation. This unit features a ... (more)

The Cornell depot was the end of the line for the Cornell branch that followed the Chippewa River about 20 miles northeast from Chippewa Falls, WI. The station was still active with a freight agen... (more)

CNW leased and then acquired 30 Norfolk & Western Alco C-628s in 1973 due to a surge in traffic that left the railroad power short. They had not purchased a new locomotive since the SD45s, so thes... (more)

The Cornell local, a turn from Altoona to Cornell, WI has just left the mainline at Yukon Jct. in Eau Claire and is headed north to Chippewa Falls, where it will get onto the Cornell branch for a ... (more)

DWP SD40s 5907 and 5904 show off their red, white and blue near the yard office at Virginia, MN on a less than stellar June afternoon. Although readily identifiable as a CN affiliate, the scheme w... (more)