An eastbound runthrough freight from North Platte, NE to Chicago (Proviso Yard) slows to a stop to change from UP to CNW crews. I would join the crew with a couple others from CNW's Corporate Indu... (more)

MILW 585 and F7A 68C leave Eau Claire detouring over CNW. The Milwaukee Road line was temporarily out of service, and this move forecast the future, as Milwaukee would permanently move to CNW trac... (more)

BN U33C 5756 leads an A-B-A of F9s into Little Falls yard at Little Falls, MN. Little Falls was a junction between the former NP mainline from Minneapolis to Fargo and the line north to Brainerd a... (more)

MILW 807, a passenger GP9, handles switching chores near Chicago Union Station as afternoon rush hour approaches. The Geep is moving a group of commuter bi-level coaches and cab cars toward the st... (more)

A rare treat in todays railroading, EMD dominated trains. Out on the dry prairie land of the Powder River Basin, two BNSF coal trains pass each other with mostly EMD power. The only deviant is on ... (more)

The eastbound Canadian climbs the Kicking Horse Pass grade in between the Spiral Tunnels as it passes under Hwy 1. The train is short enough at this point to only need two F units to make the clim... (more)

A rare loco on the C&NW, CNW 1198 and 1199 were the only two units of this type acquired by C&NW. The 1198 is shown at Proviso Yard near Chicago at the locomotive servicing facilities. These two u... (more)

Rebuilt MILW GP9s wait for their train to St. Paul to be readied at Northern Pacific's Rice's Point Yard in July 1969. Milwaukee Road utilized trackage rights on NP and later BN between St. Paul a... (more)

Former NP U33C no. BN 5721 catches some sunlight at Minneapolis in the company of a former GN SW1500. Both units were among the newest power acquired by the predecessors to BN. Note the water towe... (more)

Almost perfect. Gorgeous new Superfleet GEs and EMDs gather at Corwith Yard, Chicago between runs. Darn if the number board isn't missing though. And no, it's not in my collection...

A Milwaukee Road freight exits the best trackage it will experience between Tacoma and at least Miles City, MT. Maple Valley trackage was the former Pacific Coast, then BN (through the GN), and MI... (more)

CP 3122 heads a local with work train equipment west through Tompkins, SK on CP's transcontinental mainline. Prairie skyscrapers line the right of way on a beautiful late spring day in 1986.

BN train 3, once known as the Pacific Zip, bends around a curve through the rock outcroppings just west of Deception Creek, high up in the ewst slope of the Cascade Mountains near Scenic. This tra... (more)

The Badger arrives at Brook Park to let off a couple passengers on its run from St. Paul (via Minneapolis) to Superior, WI. The GN sky blue Geep, one of two equipped for passenger service has been... (more)

The cab end view of freshly painted CNW 1280 is seen at the Wisconsin Great Northern facilities at Trego, WI. The CNW victory striped Route of the 400 scheme had to be one of the better schemes of... (more)