The VIA train from Smiths Falls has just arrived on the CP, and is ready to continue on to Toronto. I don't recall the exact sequence, but after a few moves, the VIA cab units will end up on the h... (more)

Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo GP7 no. 77 and switcher 57 poke their noses out of the TH&B roundhouse in Hamilton, ON while another switcher and CP MLW unit stay hidden inside on a sometimes rainy, so... (more)

The "Hazleton man" rolls through the village of Treichlers on a hot July day. With five LV dynamic brake-equipped SW8's, a few cars of mixed freight, and a string of empty hoppers for th... (more)

CNW 972 leads an SD45/C628/SD45/C628/GP7 consist up out of the Chippewa River valley at Chippewa Falls, WI on a late afternoon in February 1973. This train was 188 cars in length, featuring 88 40... (more)

Almost lost in its own pristine bathtub in the Valhalla Mountains of British Columbia, Canadian Pacific’s local from Nelson to Slocan City continued once a week on a barge for 20 miles in 2 and... (more)

Much can be seen in this view of Canadian Pacific’s yard at Nelson, B.C. on June 10, 1975: the large depot and division offices under the red roof in the background, adjacent to the car shops; ... (more)

The war is over and the troops are gradually coming home. Here a couple are re-united on platform 10 at London's smoky Liverpool Street station. Other soldiers wait, siting beside or on their kitb... (more)

The engineer grabs the train orders as the train is about to cross over the N&W former Wabash diamond.

When the station name comes off a station and is placed on a post, that’s a clue something is about to happen — Union Pacific’s station at Strasburg, Colo. was soon closed and moved away in ... (more)

Time for a Safety Meeting

Three Alco PA’s rush SP’s first section of Train 11, “Cascade,” past Canby where it met Extra 5349 in the siding, 25 miles out of Portland, Ore., on April 11, 1964. Tomorrow the train wil... (more)

SP’s German K-M hydraulic 9002 basks in the sun at Sacramento, Calif. but don’t be deceived in thinking the K-M’s had 4-wheel trucks. A low tie-rod or truck component creates a shadow that ... (more)

We are parked on the siding at Tenneco, just north of Denver. There’s no problem with one-year-old DD35 96B. The workman walking the length of the unit is one of two dozen workers and officials ... (more)

Celebrating passing the 5M page-view mark here at railpictures.net with these uploades, John is pleased his photos are appreciated by those born in the new millennia, and feels very connected by w... (more)

Santa Fe’s articulated doodlebug M190 and one coach were running 75 mph when they zipped by the Chisum, N.M. station sign. Train 25 operated between Clovis and Carlsbad and informally was call... (more)