AMT train 7 with 247,251,252 passes the Grand Crossing tower and heads for its station stop at La Crosse. Grand Crossing was a fine spot to spend a day train watching/photographing back in the 70'... (more)

Squealing around a tight corner near Northland the 1754 comes flying out of the bush with train 1 on the early portion of its all day jaunt from Sault Ste. Marie to Hearst.

Before the BN bought the Frisco they had a number of GP35's leased for system wide service due to a power shortage in early to mid 1979. Most of them tended to congregate in the Pacific Northwest ... (more)

Rio Grande tunnel motors 5371,5398,5366 are about to depart Helper with an eastbound in the summer of 1990. The units were pretty dirty no doubt due to the numerous trips through all the tunnels o... (more)

I spent a couple days around Niagara Falls, Ont. back in 1987 and tried to capture some of the local rail action. CN seemed to run most of its freight traffic early in the morning, late in the eve... (more)

UP had a fair number of big U30C's on the roster, they normally seemed to find there way into coal service in the 70's. The 2879,2813 have a loaded train of UP hoppers eastbound near Cozad.

I used to spend quite a bit of time around the Wisconsin Rapids area during the late 70's-80's. The normal pattern was get all the GB&W that was possible and then fill in the dead time with the ot... (more)

BN 2200,725,1768 have paused at Lyle with train 182. The train is making a set out of a few cars along with GP9 1768 to be used on the branch line toward Klickitat and Goldendale. The station in i... (more)

Ex GN 666 rests at Vancouver in this shot from my collection. No photographer listed on slide.

C&NW 6711,1507 are just cutting away from a 50 car cut of loaded ore cars after shoving them up the hill to the dumper shed at Escanaba ore dock. The 1507 is a Baldwin DRS6-6-15 that was re-engine... (more)

In one of my first photos with a 35mm camera Soo 2226A leads 787 near Trout Lake with 87 cars on train 912. The Soo F-unit fleet was still 44 units strong at the time, but GP38-2 trade ins would s... (more)

The dynamic brakes are whining as CNW 6888,6847,6835 are dropping down into Escanaba with loaded ore on a late November afternoon. A year ago it would have been a set of C628's. The big Alcos are ... (more)

CN 2021 and 2004 on train 587 at Dalhousie Junction NB. Photo aquired in trade years ago and is part of my collection. Photographer Pete Coulombe.

Soo U-boat 802 leads F7B 2204C and #912 through some open fields west of Trout Lake. It's late Sept. but the fall colors are just starting to show.

In a photo from my collection by Karl Henkels Soo 393 sits by the Marquette Roundhouse. Only a few of the Ex DSS&A Baldwins received the received the Red/Off White and Black Soo scheme. Photo has ... (more)