The winter on 95-96 was extremely bad in the Sault Ste. Marie area and WC resorted to desperate measures to keep trains operating. This Extra called out of Steelton for Hawk Junction was just one ... (more)

A clean MEC 334 works the yard at Waterville.

A late evening caboose hop arrives at the north end of the BAR yard in Northern Maine Junction. Power was F3A's 42, 45, 49 and GP9 80.

AA GP35's 388 and 394 rest at the north end of the railroad in Elberta. From here freight was car-ferried to multiple locations across Lake Michigan. In the center background between the 35's and ... (more)

Working uphill past the old station at Fabyans MEC 256, 260, 257 and 406 are assaulting the grade toward Crawford Notch with 36 cars.

Amtrak Southwest Limited rolls eastbound as it makes its mid-morning appearance at Fort Madison. An early morning thunderstorm has gave way to hazy sunshine. SDP40F's 521, 505 and 512 lead 12 cars... (more)

The Soo's only SD9 working at Marshfield in 1966. Photo is probably by the late Joe Stauber.

Just before a late afternoon thunderstorm U33C's 8511 and 8512 spliced by U30CG 8005 roll past the main street of Fort Madison with an eastbound mixed manifest. These big GE's were getting pretty ... (more)

The ATSF main through Fort Madison hosted a couple CR run through jobs a day back in 1980. Here CR 1952,2783,2194 and 6607 roll slowly toward the Mississippi River draw with an eastbound out of Ka... (more)

A fine looking C-boat leads cowls from both EMD and GE into the late evening haze west of Fort Madison. Quite a difference in appearance from today's railroading with a nearly endless string of bo... (more)

Soo 757 and 778 roll past River Junction with 100 cars on train 222.

Fort Madison in the summer seems to be hot, humid and sticky...it was sure a great spot to sit back along the Mississippi and watch big time Santa Fe action in the 70's and 80's though. This eastb... (more)

Another oldie from the little yellow boxes! I don't know if the pair of Sharks were ever officially owned by MN, but they did spend a summer or two traipsing back and forth from Cadillac to either... (more)

CN's smaller US roads seemed to flip power around every now and then in the 70's and 80's. The group of RS-11's made a couple trips from the CV to the DWP. Geeps also were swapped fairly often bet... (more)

TP&W power passed through Fort Madison on run through trains to Kansas City during the 80's. This is a westbound with TPW 2007, CR 3074 and TPW 2008 leading 25 cars along Santa Fe's well maintaine... (more)