MRL 391 along with an ex SP Kodachrome SD are head end helpers on this BNSF eastbound rack train nearing the summit of Bozeman Pass. The consist on this train is MRL 391,7556,BNSF 919,6738.

Milw. 70C,70B,63A rest in Iron Mountain while the crew talks over a track issue with the section foreman. They no doubt had a lot to talk about as deferred maintenance was becoming an issue on mos... (more)

With a big wave from the engineer CNW 6701,6718,6704 roll around the curve at Wells during the last spring of CNW Alco operations.

BN 2580 idles away the hours at Edgemont. I was surprised to find a BN GP35 riding on type B trucks. In my travels I hadn't came across that before. It was the only BN one I ever seen this way and... (more)

Three CP RS-18's with a clean 8775 up front ,along with 8770 and 8752 are just finishing up the run in from Sudbury with train 911. In about 8 hours they will be headed back to St. Luc with train ... (more)

VIA train 2 with 6507,6610 leading 12 cars is making its station stop/crew change at White River.

BN's Pacific Northwest power was pretty much a group of just about anything that wouldn't be useful in coal service toward the end of the 70's. This shot of GP30 2222 and GP35 2524 struggling east... (more)

After Harnischfeger Corporation closed its crane plant in Escanaba the CNW moved its engine facility from the run down antiquated steam era roundhouse to this more modern building at the former cr... (more)

On a bright winter evening AC 1751,1750,1756,1755 head a northbound extra near the south siding switch at Wabos. On the Searchmont highway Wabos was about as far as plowed roads allowed one to get... (more)

BN found itself with quite a diverse group of power on merger day and due to ever increasing coal traffic most of the relics hung on for quite a long time. Here is an oldie shuffling caboose's aro... (more)

Passing the ore dock at Escanaba with another train load of Empire Mine pellets, the WC's only FP45 leads SD45 6585 and a long string of ex CNW ore cars into the yard.

Four CPR MLWs including a couple of spotless M636's, get an eastbound with 91 cars moving at Brownsville Jct. On this day units were 4719,4727,8787,8756.

SP 8141,8131,8139,8124 tackle Byron Hill with ore bound for Utah.

I spent a few days in Northern Minnesota during the Fall of 1999 trying to get the LTV F's. Weather was non- cooperative at the best and we had one perfect day. With typical luck, the best day we ... (more)

By the time I started shooting slides in the fall 1976 the chances for Soo Line F-unit sets were greatly diminished. While there were still 44 F's at the time, they were more often than not just ... (more)