WSOR 516 awaits its fate at the MILW Shops in January of 1985. This somber scene is a sign of things to come as almost all traces of the once expansive shop facility are gone today.

SD9 DMIR 163, rebuilt with a chopped nose after an accident, mates up with SD18 193 outside the Proctor shops in typical winter conditions in early January 1976. SD38-2 212 is in the background.

SP 5399 (initialed as LLW 5399, but lettered Southern Pacific) shows off its vintage black widow color scheme at the Albany & Eastern facilities at Lebanon, OR. The unit is occasionally used for s... (more)

Built in March of 1957, JDHX 50 first saw service on the Nickle Plate Railroad as NKP 342. Some 59 years later and after seeing service on both the Norfork & Western and Norfork Southern, the vete... (more)

SD9 Work Horse- NECR 1750 an EMD SD9 switches the St. Albans VT yard on a bright March day.

ELS 1223 has just arrived at Ontonagon, MI in July of 2000. Soon it will be switching the large paper mill in town. Unfortunately, the mill closed and much of this line has been torn up.

Washington & Idaho SD9 WRIX 602 trundles north into Rosalia with 16 propane loads that had been stored on the line. Using former Northern Pacific trackage, the train has just passed under the Milw... (more)

The Reserve Mining Company lives on as the #1223 is prepped for service inside the ancient E&LS roundhouse. I know this has become overkill and annoying, but I cannot emphasis enough that this ... (more)

ELS 1223 leads a freight thru Rockland, MI on its way to Ontonogan, MI in July of 2000. The closing of the paper mill doomed this line and the rail has now been pulled up at this location.

Washington & Idaho SD9 602 has 16 loads of propane and a buffer car under control as its train circles around a wheat field east of Oakesdale, WA. Fall is beginning to bloom along this former Nort... (more)

Texas and Oklahoma power at Sweetwater, TX.

Nine Missabe SDs are stored at Proctor Minn. as a combination of recession and end of season mining reduce the power requirement to run the railroad. The mix includes several SD18s mixed with the ... (more)

An Albany & Eastern Halloween excursion makes its way along one of the streets in downtown Lebanon.

Washington & Idaho's northbound train rolls be the old mill at Oakesdale, WA with a train load of propane tank cars headed to Marshall, WA. As can be seen from the front of the SD9, some foliage i... (more)

Freshly painted DMIR 157 and a spotless caboose, C-239 are parked at BN's Rices Point Yard south of downtown Duluth, MN, presumably during a transfer run from Proctor. 1984 was a year of significa... (more)