MILW 579 enjoys some winter sun before crews put it to work on a turn to Winona, MN. Milwaukee's Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls branch generated a lot of traffic and rated 6 day a week service in the l... (more)

MILW 5604 leads an RS2 slug, another U-boat and an F7 A-B-A set (B unit a slug) on a freight headed up Tacoma hill to Frederickson, WA. I am uncertain whether this was a Portland bound train or if... (more)

BN 806 gets its train underway after a set out and pick up at Brook Park, MN as well as an overtake by the Badger passenger train. Both trains were operating between the Twin Cities and Duluth-Sup... (more)

Two GN SD7s go about switching ore cars that Allouez Yard on Superior, WI's east end. The large yard handled ore classification for transfer to the GN ore docks, known as the world's largest. The ... (more)

20 years ago, Santa Fe was enjoying its last months as an independent carrier with Superfleet power and high speed intermodal trains racing between Chicago and California. ATSF 219 et al illustrat... (more)

BN 1750 and 4 other vintage units lead a freight west through tunnel 9, the first of 3 tunnels just west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River en route to Vancouver, WA from Wishram.

Except for the number boards, this could have been a typical day at Allouez on the Great Northern anytime after 1962. The simplified scheme SD7 is leaving the yard with a short transfer of empty o... (more)

BN 6600 was BN's class F45, coming from GN. These were among BN's first new units as part of GN's orders arrived post March 2, 1970 merger. Other early big power was GE U33Cs, as seen behind BN 66... (more)

BN 6607, former GN F45 no.434, waits its turn for servicing at BN's Auburn, WA diesel shops, most likely after arriving from a trip over Stampede Pass. The loco was built in June 1969 and would wo... (more)

A westbound CNW freight splits semaphores west of Eau Claire, WI having left Altoona and heading to the Twin Cities of St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN. Winter was maintaining a lingering hold for this ea... (more)

An empty coal train rolls west on Union Pacific's line from North Platte to the C&NW connection at Morill, WY headed back for another load in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. At this time C&NW/U... (more)

BN 2526, a former Burlington Route GP35 is in for servicing at the former GN diesel house at Harrison St., Minneapolis. This facility became redundant with the completion of new facilities at the ... (more)

Soo Line GP9 No. 554 switches cars for the elevators at their small Rice's Point yard. No. 554 was delivered as a passenger service unit and served on the Laker between Chicago and Duluth until ea... (more)

Having unloaded passengers at Leavenworth, the Snow Train heads into Wenatchee for cleaning and to place power on the observation end for the trip back to Seattle. Here the deadheaded train passes... (more)

CNW F7A no. 4087A is at the platform at Green Bay waiting to load its bi-level train for Milwaukee and Chicago. By 1969 the majority of remaining Fs and Es used a simple ball and bar logo on the n... (more)