RMS-14 Speno Rail Grinder train is hustling to its next assignment across Canadian Pacific’s Little Pic River bridge near Middleton, Ontario, Oct. 4, 1997.

Marker-light equipped Southern EMD SW-7 switcher 6859 was assigned the passenger station at Knoxville, Tenn. when this image was snapped on June 28, 1957. The church tower clock says 2:28; the h... (more)

The year I shot this photo of Black Mountain 4-6-0 No. 1, it had been bequeathed to the city of Erwin, Tenn. to mount in a park (snapshot date Oct. 28, 1955). The 45-toner was built in 1882 for ... (more)

The smallest standard gauge 4-6-2 ever built, by Baldwin in 1911, was for the Little River RR in Townsend, Tenn. It served the Smoky Mountain RR for a number of years, and was restored in 1975 to... (more)

Five-year old Southern GP7 2196 has returned to Knoxville, Tenn. yard after servicing its customers on June 28, 1957. What is right of the nose-mounted bell — a siren?

VIA’s Train 69 awaits the conductor’s highball to depart Montreal’s Bonaventure Station on Oct. 11, 1982 for its 335-mile run to Toronto — Canada’s largest cities. EMD units 6523-6621 ... (more)

VIA’s westbound Train 1 with candy stripe FP-9 1407 leading has just exited CP’s 5-mile long Connaught Tunnel at Glacier, B.C. on Aug. 12, 1981 (the day before the above two photos of Train 1... (more)

After SD40 5979 assisted the westbound VIA Train 1 over Kicking Horse Pass (previous photo), another SD40 numbered 5679 helped Train 1 up the 2.2% grades of Rogers Pass and has cut off at Glacier... (more)

CP SD40 5979 is on the point of VIA’s westbound 15-car Train 1 after helping it up grade from Calgary to Stephen, B.C. where the train is now at M.P. 123 and about to plunge down Kicking Horse P... (more)

What was left of CN’s old “Super Continental,” VIA’s westbound Train 3 was approaching Jasper, Alta. at English. This was the sole route chosen by the Canadian Government to route VIA's... (more)

VIA’s westbound Train 1 “Canadian” with 11 cars passes Stephen, B.C. and is about to leap off Kicking Horse Pass on fateful Oct. 4, 1989. That was the day the Canadian Government announced ... (more)

VIA’s eastbound Train 2 crosses Canadian Pacific’s famous Stoney Creek arch bridge on its descent off Rogers Pass on Aug. 11, 1981. The steel bridge replaced a wooden trestle in 1893 and and ... (more)

It was still raining on July 29, 1981 as VIA Train 4 was on new ballast near Decoigne, Alberta and heading for Jasper with its 18 cars.

VIA Train 3 took the siding to allow an eastbound freight to hold the freshly-ballasted mainline at Decoigne, Alta., July 29, 1981. F unit 6509 carries the first of Canada's edict for trains to ... (more)

After departing Jasper, westbound VIA Train 3 is nearing the Alberta / British Columbia border in a downpour on July 29, 1981. An office car is first behind the EMD's. The lead F carries the f... (more)