The eastbound Canadian makes its station stop at Lake Louise, a popular tourist location in Banff Park. A cyclist stops for a friendly chat with the engineer while the passenger crew takes care of... (more)

Eight year old Wisconsin Central had really come into its own by 1995. It was doing a superb job of providing local customers with top-notch service, but it was also growing, having gained access ... (more)

A four month old Amtrak Empire Builder still shows its BN heritage as it slows to a stop on Milwaukee Road's mainline at Winona, MN. The former NP F9A looks a little forlorn without any identifica... (more)

It's blue light hour at Boston Bar, BC and the Super Continental has arrived for its station stop and head end crew change. A CN caboose shows off its markers in the background and two other westb... (more)

ATSF 8513 in "dress blue" leads a pair of former passenger GEs in the yellow/blue warbonnet scheme (U30CG/U28CG) as their train readies for departure from Corwith Yard for the run to Kan... (more)

MILW 120C and other units are in the deep freeze at Pig's Eye Yard, with ice fog in the air and negative 22 degree F temperatures. This was the beginning of another brutal Midwest winter.

Don't let the blue sky mislead you, it's January in the Pacific Northwest and the reflection pond reveals the truth about precipitation at this time of year. Former NP F9, BN 842, reflects on its ... (more)

In the late 1960s and 70s Altoona served as a shop for doing work on EMD switch engines. As a result this former CGW "calf" sits outside the roundhouse ( with a CNW no.) while 58-A is in... (more)

A BN freight powered by an SD40-2 A and B unit roll along the shore of Lake Pend Oreille near Hope, ID as the train heads west toward Sand Point and Spokane, WA. This trackage is now part of Monta... (more)

Wisconsin Central hauled a substantial volume of rock from Sussex, WI to the Chicago area using short "commoditrains", a concept developed by the C&NW in the 1970s. This train is typical... (more)

Twenty two years ago this was Seattle's skyline as viewed by Empire Builder passengers exiting the tunnel under the city at North Portal. A Marriott Hotel now occupies the vacant lot next to the t... (more)

A CNW SD45 from its last order and an SD40 bend around the frozen shore of Dells Pond, part of the Chippewa River on a frigid February day in 1972. The train has just left Altoona, passed by the E... (more)

CNW 54, formerly Chicago Great Western, RS-2 idles in Huron , SD in early October 1980. At this time, the no. 54 was the last RS-2 active on CNW, assigned to Huron which was headquarters for most ... (more)

DMIR 406 pulls empty ore cars from the CN ore dock located in the Duluth harbor. The dock is the last operable one in Duluth. Under the dock is trackage used by CN, CP, BNSF and UP to access Dulut... (more)

A pair of re-manufactured Baldwins rest behind the Oelwein diesel shop in July 1979. The locomotive classification does not account for the 2 axle trucks shown under the unit at this time. When fi... (more)