I can remember looking at photos in books where J. Parker Lamb would shoot pan shots of MKT and GM&O FAs. Well, here's my salute to Mr. Lamb as I pan UP/Katy 1988 at 50 mph on a deadhead OLS speci... (more)
The GE emits a huge cloud of smoke as an all-rail taconite train passes Oakland Tower in St. Paul, Minn. A leased B&O GP30 prepares to follow on a Milwaukee Road train after the BN train clears.
CN's local from White Pine to North Bessemer, Mich., makes its way west crossing Presque Isle Creek. Only eight ex-Wisconsin Central GP40s survive at this writing on CN's roster, so getting two of... (more)
BN Train 157 gets orders at Central Avenue Tower, where the coal main and freight main come together in Superior, Wis., and where the NP line to Carlton once crossed.