Before 557 was assigned to a GE Dash 8-40BW, it was assigned to this FM H12-44, which was nearing the end of its career in this view at Corwith Yard, Chicago.

Amtrak's late afternoon Cascades service run from Seattle to Vancouver, BC leaves Seattle, crossing the Ballard draw bridge over the Ballard locks. This double track line was Great Northern's main... (more)

WC 3025 leads train 46 off the WC and onto the Soo Line to get into Milwaukee, WI from Fond Du Lac. On this day the train includes three passenger cars from Quad Graphics, picked up at their plant... (more)

The tide is in as MILW 630 attempt to unload and load a barge on Puget Sound in Seattle. This barge appears to be mostly BC Rail equipment, which would then float to North Vancouver, BC.

MILW GP9 301 and caboose 991905 are parked at Sumner near the depot. this equipment worked the valley between Sumner and Black River Jct., south of Seattle on joint UP-MILW trackage. This included... (more)

CP 5931 starts heading south to the US border and BN interchange at Sumas, WA. The train is on the south leg of the wye with the Mission depot in the background. At this time, CP coal trains also ... (more)

A CP worker does the time honored work of cleaning out a switch with the traditional railroad broom/chisel at North Bend, BC after a weekend blizzard. CP 5819 is ready to roll west down the Fraser... (more)

CNW 6706 and 6705 looking good in their new yellow and green scheme ready a train to head east out of Altoona Yard on a cool January day. At this time eastbound trains 406 and 408 came here from S... (more)

CNW SW1200 1217 gets added tractive effort from BU10 while handling switching chores at Cedar Lake Yard, Minneapolis, MN. BU10 started life as CNW 1266, an Alco S-3 switch engine.

Amtrak's Arrowhead from Duluth-Superior crosses the Mississippi River on the former NP bridge north of the Minneapolis station behind E8 no. 332. This unit was CB&Q 9940B, then BN 9933 before Amtr... (more)

BNSF 7640 leads an eastbound empty oil train across the causeway along the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT on Montana Rail Link during a sun break on an otherwise cloudy and rainy weekend.

CP 8797 makes a tight turn on the climb up Crowsnest Pass at Corbin Road. The eastbound freight is about to make an assault on the final climb up the grade to the top of the pass.

BNSF 8464 eases an eastbound empty coal train off Stevens Pass at Merritt, WA near the wye track used to store work equipment and turn snowplows. The train's crew got on board in Everett and will ... (more)

MRL 4308 and 4312 ease the Laurel-Missoula manifest around a tight curve along the Missouri River near Lombard, MT in the heart of Lombard Canyon. This is one of the few daily trains that actually... (more)

BNSF 5946 gets a wave from Eddy the snowman at the causeway near Trout Creek, MT. The westbound coal train did not bother to stop and party with Eddy, whose life span was likely to be cut short wi... (more)