CNW 1725, a GP9 still in its delivered color scheme idles with a pair of rebuilt SD9s at St. Paul's Western Avenue Yard. Some of CNW's GP9 were delivered with roof top air tanks to permit larger f... (more)

A former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2 repainted for Conrail is in Collinwood shops for some maintenance work. Note the extended range fuel tank specified by EL. Also note the standard hi-adhesion trucks... (more)

BN 6834 leads a southbound freight through Seilacoom, WA along Puget Sound at the ferry slip to McNeil Island. This line sees BNSF, UP and Amtrak 40 years later, and Amtrak will soon move off this... (more)

Two Santa Fe Superfleet units lead a BNSF GP60M and a blue and yellow hood unit east into Abo Canyon with a Maersk stack train. The GP60M gives away the fact it is now BNSF, but for the moment we ... (more)

CNW 4523, a GP9 acquired second hand from the Quebec, North Shore & Labrador, leads a nice mix of six older EMDs on a freight that has arrived in East Minneapolis Yard. In addition to the four GP7... (more)

A trio of MLW C424 locomotives in classic Action Red idle with other CP and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo power at the latter road's engine terminal in Hamilton, ON.

CP 9302 leads a freight west through the Fraser River Canyon at Spuzzum, BC. The 9302 was one of four units of this type purchased by CP in December 1999. These locos featured carbodies similar to... (more)

The conductor of CN 2813's train takes a moment to greet the westbound at Henry House, AB. The westbound engineer is making his final run to Jasper and will retire.

Two westbound trains are at CP crew change point, North Bend, BC in November 1993. The 5867 is just departing and No. 9020, a CP "red barn" SD40F will soon follow with another train, bot... (more)

In November 1969 while scouting out deer hunting spots in the Nelson bottoms along the Mississippi River, I happened to time a shot of an eastbound Burlington freight approaching Trevino, the junc... (more)

CNW Alco S2 no. 1098 is parked at the CNW passenger station in Green Bay. The unit was used to switch passenger cars around as needed, handling the remaining CNW passenger service into and through... (more)

Rock Island F9M 4162 was born in 1948 as a Union Pacific F3A unit. UP rebuilt this and some other F3s into F9Ms in the late 1950s and eventually sold some to Rock Island. The 4162 is shown a littl... (more)

A westbound freight awaits departure for Golden, BC at Field, BC yard. The units nicely display the original "candy cane" version of Action Red as well as the simpler version that began ... (more)

CN GP40 no. 9317 and a VIA heater car are surrounded by VIA FP9s, F9Bs and MLW FPA & B4s in downtown Toronto. This large CN engine facility by 1981 was handling VIA and Ontario Northland passenger... (more)

BN 6542 leads an SD40-2, C&S SD40 and a U33C west towards Stevens Pass as the train exits Winton Tunnel about 35 miles west of Wenatchee, WA. The train has a trio of helpers on the rear to help it... (more)