Laona & Northern hauls the "Lumberjack Special" across the Rat River on the trip between Camp Five and Laona. This was a particularly hot and humid day, with temperatures hovering near 100 - note... (more)

Former Mason City & Clear Lake No. 52 - now IATR 60 - works the AGP Feed Mill trackage at Mason City. This unit was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1917 and is still used in freight service some... (more)

Definitely an oddball, Monongahela Connecting "low cab" C415 701 is displayed outdoors in the RRMofPA's yard. The location were it sits is where the museum's new roundhouse display building is sl... (more)

When 103C was new it headed up the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha between the Twin Cities and Chicago. When it was retired it went to "Bucksnort Junction," a railroad-themed diner at Tea, South Dakota... (more)

A Georgetown Loop train crosses the Devil's Gate high bridge 95 feet above the waters of Clear Creek. Tourists once rode from Denver to Silver Plume on the C&S to witness the same dramatic mounta... (more)

National Cash Register 0-4-0 fireless "Rubicon" on display in its own building at the Carillon Historical Park. It was the first fireless built (by Lima in 1909) for service in the United States.... (more)

No. 346 pulling a short frieght train between No Auga Tank and Delay Junction.

The first Soo Line SD60 in Canadian Pacific paint leads the St. Paul Transfer out of St. Paul Yard, bound for the Minnesota Commercial. This was its first week back in service after being rebuilt... (more)

"GN 423" F9A (actually former C&NW 4076A) crossing a bridge on the outskirts of Duluth, MN.

Now in storage, this GE 70 tonner once worked as Dakota Southern/Sisseton Southern 76. This 1953-built unit was originally Tidewater Southern 143 and then Charles City Western 76 before being shi... (more)

CO&E 17 is alive! Thanks to a few smoke bombs, the last steam locomotive used in revenue freight service in the United States (retired 1986) appears to be under steam in the yard at Boone - just ... (more)

Great Western 75 and Union Pacific 618 switching freight cars in the Heber City yard.

No. 328 departs Osceola with an excursion bound for Marine.

Detroit & Lima Northern 7 hardly makes any smoke (it's a very efficient locomotive), so most shots of it look static - like it's standing still. I asked the fireman if he could produce "just a li... (more)

Service stop at Wyeville, Wisconsin. 2719 was moving dead-in-tow to Adams, for forwarding over the Canadian National to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.