Clean as a whistle! Three new SD70ACes lead a loaded coal train east between Tunnel 1 and Big Ten Curve on the Front Range in a break from foul spring weather. This is their first eastbound trip a... (more)

The MOW crews cleaned the switches, engine 6812 got train 415 into the "hole", and now CNW train 406, the CN-DWP connecting train from Duluth-Superior to Chicago headed up by CNW 6809, r... (more)

BN 6118 stopped briefly at the Mora, MN depot and a crew member is about to climb back on board. The job was the Brook Park turn out of St. Cloud, MN and the crew had left their train in Brook Par... (more)

A CN empty grain train begins its trip east from Boston Bar, BC in near blizzard conditions crossing Stoyoma Creek trestle high above the Fraser River. The pair of SD40s will be adequate to handle... (more)

CN 8849 exits tunnel 67.6, the second of two tunnels in a row. The tunnel is located along the Thompson River just east of Martel siding, several miles east of Spences Bridge, BC.

Rock Island 649 and two other E8s lead a couple road switchers on a head of an eastbound freight approach the Santa Fe/ICG diamonds in Joliet, IL on the way to their Chicago Blue Island yard. Like... (more)

A Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific transfer run heads upgrade from downtown Duluth to its west Duluth yard located on the hill side below Missabe's Proctor Hill climb. GP38-2s 5850 and 5853 were acquire... (more)

Twenty two years ago this is what a typical Santa Fe Intermodal looked like. Superfleet was in its prime, and Santa Fe was slow to accept double stacks. Here a spit and polished trio featuring a D... (more)

BN gained access to Winona via the Green Bay & Western bridge over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin. They operated a small yard and switched some industries. BN 94 is former CBQ 9150 and was r... (more)

While still working for CNW I had the chance to visit hometown, Eau Claire, WI and managed to capture train 472 heading east toward Altoona as it went under the old highway 53 bridge on Eau Claire... (more)

CNW 205 was built in March 1948 as Chicago Great Western 108C. Merged into CNW in July 1968, the F had an elongated life as traffic growth kept CNW scrambling during the 1970s. This view was taken... (more)

Bright yellow F unit faces greet a dismal looking day in March in Minneapolis back in 1973. F units still ruled on CNW's lines south out of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Here a former CGW F3 shares space ... (more)

BO 4810 leads a westbound freight over the ACY RR. and approaches the Conrail crossing near Greenwich, OH on a typical March day in Ohio. The GP38 is trailed by GP40-2 and GP40. The B&O color posi... (more)

The westbound North coast Hiawatha descends Homestake Pass above Interstate 90 east of Butte, MT. Riding a dome car down this hill is a bit like landing in Butte on an airplane. This line is curre... (more)

Polk St. Tower was located at the south end of Rock Island's LaSalle St. Station in downtown Chicago. It controlled the trackage coming into the stub ended station. Rock Island was handling commut... (more)