Milwaukee 409, an FM H-16-44, is sitting behind the roundhouse at Bensenville in September 1972, two months before it was officially retired. Unofficially it would appear it is being used to suppl... (more)

CP MLW M630 No. 4705 and a GP9 in candy cane striping lead a freight westbound out of Thunder Bay, ON just west of Sistonens Corners on their way west to Kenora and Winnipeg. Interesting the tank ... (more)

BN SD45s 6428 & 6555 are accompanied by GP9 BN 1702 (chop nosed) and SW1200 BN 187 at Seattle's Interlay roundhouse and turntable. For the SD45s, this period of time was their twilight and soon LM... (more)

Freshly painted DMIR 157 and a spotless caboose, C-239 are parked at BN's Rices Point Yard south of downtown Duluth, MN, presumably during a transfer run from Proctor. 1984 was a year of significa... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the North Coast Hiawatha at North La Crosse, former Denver Zephyr dome obs Silver Veranda adds a touch of class to the rear of the train. It provides the only visual eviden... (more)

CP 5938, an SD40-2 and MLW C424 No. 4208 head up a westbound local leaving Kenora, Ontario as an eastbound hotshot arrives for a crew change. Traditionally this double track line ran left handed, ... (more)

Three coal trains line up facing the sun at Donkey Creek, WY as a thunder storm blows over to the north and east. From this location crews will make mine runs to load the empty trains for outbound... (more)

CREX 1427 leads a BNSF empty grain train east across the large through truss bridge at MP 57 on the Montana Rail Link near Trout Creek, MT. The chilly morning has produced a fog bank along the riv... (more)

BN SW1 no. 93 prepares to lead a short local run from North La Crosse yard into downtown La Crosse to switch industries in the city. The switcher shows off an amazingly clean rendition of CB&Q's ... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder does not concern bird life or a beachcomber as it slows for its station stop at Edmonds, Washington on its final lap into Seattle. Back in 2003 Amtrak offered reliable on t... (more)

CNW 1041 sits at Altoona between assignments. The unit is a "Baldwin half-breed" VO-1000M, originally built in March 1945 and re-engined by EMD in April 1960 and given an SW hood. The un... (more)

Snow has let up a bit as the westbound VIA Super Continental pulls into Boston Bar, BC on CN trackage. CN MOW people have dug out access to the speeder shed and are not being deterred from keeping... (more)

A westbound stack train descends the grade from Quincy, WA to the Columbia River, bending around the coulee above Trinidad loop. Trains are required to limit their speed to 25 mph until the train ... (more)

The Cle Elum Turn, which originated in Auburn, WA was used to handle carload traffic over Stampede Pass and exchange trains with traffic brought west from Pasco/Yakima. Here, the turn under the co... (more)

BN 616 is former GN passenger F7A no. 365C/ 276A built in October 1950. BN apparently assigned it to freight service. F units primarily assigned to BN passenger service were numbered in the 9700-9... (more)