GN 599 is beginning to re-appear as restoration efforts progress on former BN 6126. This unit was the final SD9 locomotive received by Great Northern Railway back in 1958. It was part of a ten uni... (more)

Looking more like a model train than a real one, a CP coal train heads west in the Fraser Canyon just east of Yale, BC. Canadian National's mainline hugs the opposite bank. The coal train is heade... (more)

A quintet of manned SD40-2 helpers assist a loaded grain train up the east side of Rogers Pass. The new line was yet to be completed at the time of this photo, so the pass was quite a bottle neck ... (more)

The control stand of EWLX 329 shows off its former owner's initials, Montana Rail Link. The SD45 has found new life once again after originating as an SP unit, then MRL. Not bad for a 20 cylinder ... (more)

A northbound empty coal train is silhouetted by a stormy sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, where coal and oil mix, and the antelope and jack rabbit population far exceeds humans. The SD70MAC is serv... (more)

It's fall and the Columbia River valley is socked in as an eastbound BN freight eases across the Rock Island bridge over the Columbia east of Wenatchee, WA. this view shows the reconstruction of t... (more)

BN SD9 6103 and SD7 6013, both still in Big Sky Blue, couple to a former NP caboose wearing NP's final caboose colors which was close to BN's caboose scheme. During this time it was common to see ... (more)

The eastbound Canadian makes special stop at Field, BC after discovering it was low on fuel. Freights line up while the flagship train gets refueled.

This photo was taken at the end of a couple eras. These two cabooses bringing up the end of an eastbound SP freight entering Roseville represent a couple generations of bay window caboose design. ... (more)

A visit to the Vancouver, BC area netted this pleasant surprise, a pair of rare NW5s handling yard switching duties in New Westminster yard. These 1000 HP switchers were part of an order for 10 by... (more)

BNSF 4626 was heading a Seattle-Chicago stack train out of Appleyard about 530 AM May 13 when an apparent broken rail caused the second 5 platform stack set to derail and roll over. This view show... (more)

The Super Continental under VIA management crosses the Anderson River bridge as the train approaches Boston Bar, BC for a passenger stop and head end crew change.

This late evening look inside the DMIR Proctor shops finds 1967 scheme DMIR 142, a Phase 3 SD9 in the company of SD38ACs, an SD18 and an SDM. By this time it was becoming more difficult to find th... (more)

BN 1726 has arrived in Butte with its freight after crossing Homestake Pass and Bozeman Hill having originated in Livingston. A UP A-B-B-A set consisting of an SD40, two GP30Bs and a GP30 sit near... (more)

Penn Central SW1500 no. 9224 is parked at Ashland Avenue with NYC caboose 21023. This trackage, or at least some of it belongs to the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad, one of several transfer ro... (more)