BNSF 6524 heads a westbound freight towards Spokane on the Montana Rail Link between Noxon and Heron, MT. Cold temperatures, sunlight and fresh snow helped make for a postcard scene. The trailing ... (more)

BNSF 972555 is parked at Glendive ready for action if needed. This unit appears to be upgraded from a former BN snowplow of the same number. If so, it is of GN origins, former X-1509. This unit is... (more)

BN 770, an x-NP passenger F9A mates up with a former NP F7B and F7A along side the Staples, MN roundhouse and shops late on a June afternoon isn 1974. 770 is carrying its new freight number while ... (more)

Getting up close and personal with a hump retarder in action is not for the faint of heart. Especially on Milwaukee Road in 1972. Here we have a boxcar getting clamped as it progresses down the hu... (more)

GN SD7 558 and GN passenger GP9 have been freshly washed and await their next assignment at Superior, Wis. in the final summer of Great Northern's existence. Most of GN's SD7 and SD9 fleet spent t... (more)

Fog, snow and rain make for a dreary mixture on Snoqualmie Pass as a westbound Milwaukee Road freight descends the pass and crosses Hull Creek trestle. Catenary poles still stand on the bridge ack... (more)

NW 1326 and mate switch hopper cars at Norfolk and Western Railways ore transfer dock on Lake Erie at Sandusky, OH on a drizzly May day in 1981.

MILW 502 works with their wreck crane putting derailed cars back on the track at Auburn, WA while UP's Valley Local from Kent heads south towards Sumner. This is MILW-UP joint trackage, and UP wou... (more)

NP 6703A currently resides at the Inland NW Rail Museum just west of Reardan, WA off US Hwy 2. The unit is wearing its passenger colors and it once was part of NP's passenger F fleet.

Mike tries using a step ladder for getting the height he wanted for the Trains cover photo. This did not work, so Amtrak offered another solution. Too follow soon...

Royal Hudson 2860 glides west along a reflection pond at Moberly, BC as it returns its train west to North Vancouver after touring eastern Canada and part of the U.S. as the Captain Cook Excursion... (more)

BN F45 no. 6620 leads two SD45s and a GP30 on an eastbound freight stopped at Skykomish, WA for the addition of helpers. Soon the train will climb through the Cascade Tunnel and head to Wenatchee,... (more)

MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)

CN 5060 and another SD40 are enough power to handle a loaded sulfur train down the Fraser Canyon. The train is bypassing the Stoyoma Creek trestle on newly installed trackage that increased capaci... (more)

This publicity photo of The 400 was taken for the C&NW Public Relations Dept. most likely around September 1939 when the streamlined train was first inaugurated. I was able to make a copy photo of... (more)