BN 986 rests at Harrison St. next to the roundhouse in Minneapolis. The former GN NW5 along with NW2s and Alco S-2 switchers were among the oldest power inherited by BN when the merger occurred in... (more)

Here BN SD9 6119 gets some servicing work done alongside BN 139, an NW2 at Harrison St. roundhouse. That NW2 is nearly 20 years older than the 1958 era SD9. In 1971, both still had many miles to w... (more)

BN 2701 and two more GP39-2s rolls a westbound intermodal freight across the Clark Fork at its namesake city in eastern Idaho. The train is headed for Spokane with traffic for Spokane, Seattle and... (more)

A westbound BNSF freight on MRL at Trout Creek, MT includes Boeing 737 fuselages in the consist as it rolls across the Frog Pond causeway west of town.

CP passenger power for the Canadian was not always FP7s or FP9s. Here on a rainy June day in Vancouver, BC, passenger GP9s await there turn at the helm of the famous train. No. 8520 sports its as ... (more)

Lytton, BC is the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, which requires Canadian National to utilize two bridges to get through town. Canadian Pacific has it easier, skirting the town on th... (more)

Amtrak F40PH surrounded itself with some interesting mates at Interbay Roundhouse, Seattle, WA. To the right a BN Alco C636 sits outside the roundhouse while partially blocking a view of an old sc... (more)

BN 6928 rolls a freight westbound below Mt. Index near Gold Bar, WA on its way to Everett and Seattle, WA from Wenatchee. The train is descending the last of the grade down Stevens Pass and will b... (more)

With tape on the front door to prevent cold air leakage, SOO 2203A and GP9 2404 prepare to leave Irvine Yard in Chippewa Falls with a modest freight for Shoreham in Minneapolis.

On a blustery spring day, UP GP30 No. 825 mates up with a GP9B and SD24B in a consist only Union Pacific could assemble. Soon this power will head a train south to Portland, then east towards Hink... (more)

BN 6009, an SD7, shares the Belknap Yard engine facilities with for more SD7s and SD9s was well as other EMD power between assignments they day after Christmas 1975. Located next to downtown Super... (more)

Train 483 behind SD45 901 has a good roll on it as the train heads west through Rusk, WI en route to Minneapolis, MN. The World War II era rails still posted a 60 mph speed limit in the early 70s,... (more)

BNSF 4518 has an eastbound Z train under control as it descends Stevens Pass along Nason Creek about a mile from Merritt, WA. The grade will level out somewhat at Merritt along faster speeds down ... (more)

On a February evening not fit for man nor beast, the North Coast Hiawatha readies for departure from Seattle's King St. Station for Everett, Wenatchee, Spokane and Minneapolis via the former NP ma... (more)

CN 5122 and two sister SD40s get a roll on it as they head an eastbound empty coal train out of Boston Bar, BC. They have stepped out onto Stoyoma Creek trestle along the shore of the Fraser River... (more)