There is no fire…. yet! What are they doing? Southern Pacific ran a vegetation control spray train on its Cascade Subdivision to apply a herbicide to prevent growth of burdensome Bracken ... (more)

One of my favourite locations in Galt, ON, was this crossing on the way to Orrs Lake, west of the Grand River. Heavy westbounds with first generation power would often be done in by the grade, al... (more)

After servicing at the Chatham Street roundhouse, three geeps back to Aberdeen Yard where they'll couple onto their train and head east. The roundhouse and coaling tower were demolished several ye... (more)

SP 8825 south was pausing at the Roseburg depot to change crews in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day 1977. Another train crew will be eating dinner away from home.

Before the influx of SD40s on the Galt Sub, this was typical of the lash-ups one could encounter - first generation, four-axle power. To quote Jackie Gleason at the time, how sweet it is!

After placing a fusee between the rails of the Southern, a crew member climbs aboard 754 as the train proceeds toward Montgomery.

A helper set at Skykomish awaits the arrival of an eastbound freight led by SD45 6445. Soon the freight will pull to a stop and the helper set on this day will tie on to the rear in front of the d... (more)

A BN helper set idles at Skykomish on a rare sunny February day. This was a typical consist in 1975 with BN GP9 1794 (x-GN 721), F9B 803 (x-NP 7000C), and BN 1799 (x-GN 726). This power will soon ... (more)

Oops! BN GP9 1853 stubbed its toe at the Tacoma turntable, and several unhappy BN employees get the privilege of getting her back on track. I don't envy the guy underneath the coupler! 1853 began ... (more)

Soo Line GP9 No. 554 switches cars for the elevators at their small Rice's Point yard. No. 554 was delivered as a passenger service unit and served on the Laker between Chicago and Duluth until ea... (more)

A westbound CNW freight splits semaphores west of Eau Claire, WI having left Altoona and heading to the Twin Cities of St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN. Winter was maintaining a lingering hold for this ea... (more)

SP's Second Help waits patiently at Ironton for the ROGJM to pass through the crossover switches on Oct. 30, 1994. Soon dispatcher five will flag the SP 8565 onto the rear to shove the 106 car dra... (more)

SP 9091 splits the lower quadrant semaphores as it switches the mill at Cottage Grove, OR. The train is northbound on the Siskiyou line heading toward Eugene Yard.

Mainline run through Central Vermont Freight 444 Heading toward Brattleboro on a fine summer day. This freight left St Albans, VT in the morning and should terminate at Palmer MA before nightfall... (more)