Fresh from the paintshop @ GMDD in London, this beautiful GP60M was put on display for everyone touring the plant during their open house. No cameras were allowed during the open house but a few ... (more)

CN Train 383 through Windsor always seemed to have surprises for us, especially when new locomotives from the GMDD plant in London were on delivery. BN SD60M #1991 was en route to the BN in Chica... (more)

Not much is left of Vintage Locomotives Inc. SD18 #7310 as it is being torched at the Southern Appalachia Rail Museum facility. VLIX 7310 began life as C&O 1810 and then 7310 until it was sold off... (more)

VIA Dome 8504, 'Skyline', sits atop a CN flat in Emo, Ontario. This Dome car had been on VIA #1 when the train struck a truck in Western Canada and derailed. The car was being shipped back to Mo... (more)

Almost forgotten Western Maryland BL2 #7172 (nee-#82) sits behind the South Branch Valley shops in the weeds awaiting it's fate in 1993. Luckily this unit has been saved and now runs as it's orig... (more)

VIA 6414, painted in Quebec-Loto's "Golden Egg" scheme, has cut away from his train to be wyed after arriving in Windsor late in the day. 6414 will head out on train #76 in about an hour and a ha... (more)

A perfectly matched set of blue and yellow VIA equipment glides past Rectory Street as it prepares to make it's stop at the London Station.

At the time when we took this shot we had no idea of the tragedy taking place in New York City. Everyone remembers 9/11 and where they were. It is 8:50a.m. on September 11, 2001 and we are follo... (more)

B&O wagontop caboose C2423 sits at the Lorain & West Virginia station in Wellington, Ohio awaiting it's next run on the excursion train.

Manufacturers Railway's one and only TE47-4E sits outside Dome Rail Services in Wood River, Illinois. 253 was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen from MRS S-4 208 but the rebuild was so costly that it was... (more)

Where old FM's go to work. This old H12-44 is actually the working unit for the large Cargill facility in Cahokia, Illinois. Although looking very rough it's still nice to see one of these old u... (more)

CP 5411, an ex-QNS&L SD40-2, enters Canada and emerges into daylight from beneath the Detroit River having just crossed the border from Michigan into Windsor on it's trip to Toronto.

Quebec Cartier Mining #84 leads 2 MLW sisters and 120 loads south towards Port Cartier, Quebec on 9/11.

Well, thanks to a 'heads up' from my friend Ian, I was able to finally get some shots of one of the 2 Coors Silver Bullet units. Here we see 6445 after arriving on #73 in Windsor. Someone was wa... (more)

South Branch Valley 8016 (ex-CRR 800), wearing a beautiful C&O paint scheme waits patiently for passengers to board the Potomac Eagle tourist train in Romney, WV on a beautiful Fall day.