Merriam depot was located at a diamond and junction between the former Minneapolis & St. Louis and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, both of which were absorbed into CNW by 1960. In spring 1... (more)

Amtrak uses this former Milwaukee Road depot at Winona, MN. The station is owned by CP who also appears to make some use of it. The station is set back from the mainline, and the gravel is indicat... (more)

Trains are lined up westbound at Helena, MT depot. These three will wait for the arrival of an eastbound, as well as the departure of a fourth westbound not shown in this grouping. All four westbo... (more)

BN 5617 and 5663 pair up with some X-NP F9s at BN's former GN Harrison St. engine facilities in March 1974. BN 5617 was NP 2517, built in June 1965 and retired in March 1981. BN 5663 was CB&Q 575,... (more)

MILW 731, a venerable Fairbanks Morse H-12-44 hums away at the Janesville, WI roundhouse in September 1972, not far from its birthplace of Beloit, WI in March 1952. The earlier switchers like this... (more)

BN 5462, a former GN U28B mates up with an X-GN U25B, an X-NP SD45 and a BN green SD45 to make up a colorful consist on a sunny but cool January day in 1972. GN had only a handful of U28Bs, but BN... (more)

A St. Paul-Kansas City freight rolls by the Rock Island (and CGW) depot in Waterloo, IA behind a pair of Geeps and two F7Bs. CNW 4351 was originally Quebec North Shore and Labrador 121, and 1953 e... (more)

BN 8 was BN's Fire Prevention Instruction Car and was used throughout the railroad. It is pictured here at Dale St. Shops in St. Paul. This was previously made and used by the Great Northern.

BO 6927, a GP30 leads a GP40 and SD9 with a westbound manifest freight through Rittman, Ohio on the former B&O mainline. The train is headed towards Willard, Ohio.

Amtrak's Empire Builder slows for a stop at North La Crosse, WI behind a former CBQ/BN E8A, a pair of X-GN Fs, and a former NP F. Prior to May 1971, the E unit was a common visitor to La Crosse, b... (more)

MILW 943 appears to have an exclusive parking spot in downtown Eau Claire. The unit spent the weekend here, about a block east of their depot and small yard.

BN 6117, former GN 590, and GN caboose X303 park on the main track just east of Hwy. 65 at Mora, MN. The crew of the Brook Park turn, which originated in St. Cloud, MN, are having their traditiona... (more)

Milwaukee Road SD40-2s 157 and 136 were on helper duty out of Kittitas, WA in August 1978. On this date the crew is just returning to the depot after dropping off Extra 24 West which it helped up ... (more)

BN GP30 is at the end of a light power move at Interbay in Seattle, WA while SD45 6415 (X-NP) leads a freight into town having completed a trip west over Stevens Pass.

Train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha leaves Seattle behind rare West Coast visitors, GE P30CH locomotives with a pair of SDP40Fs in tow. During this time Amtrak has experienced suspicious derailment... (more)