Over the years, I witnessed several different ways to split a train into Montreal and Ottawa sections when it arrived at Brockville, Ontario from Toronto. Here, the first three coaches are being s... (more)

CN Turbo set 129 enters Montreal Central Station trainshed for a late-afternoon departure for Toronto on August 19, 1970

A single unit is enough power for a short, four car "Rapido" from Montreal to Quebec City as it crosses the Yamaska River. The 1800 H.P. MLW FPA-4 was sold only to CN, with 34 A-units a... (more)

Amtrak train 710 makes a station stop in Merced, CA, under beautiful springtime skies. In the lead are two ex-SP FP7s, one already repainted into Amtrak livery. The train is on the station track, ... (more)

On a warm October afternoon a southbound war wagon clatters through the reverse S curves at Roa Hook alongside the Hudson River into Peekskill Station.

The "storm of the century" is raging but the Canadian Pacific station staff have cleared enough snow off the platform for the few passengers to board the D&H train to New York City. The D&H's fou... (more)

The operator and the fireman confer after the train was delayed while the sectionmen cleaned the switches. It will now proceed onto the Napierville Junction to Rouses Point, NY and then on to New... (more)

The Budd RDC-4 railcar #9250 is making a brief stop at the Sudbury station during a nice day in May 1981. To my understanding, this railcar has been built only to haul mail and baggage and was not... (more)

Ready for its evening departure to Reno with an A-B-B-A lash up of FP7 units.

The "front" end of Ontario Northland's Northlander trainset is an FP7, no. 1985 parked at the VIA coach yard in Toronto between runs. This type of train was unique to ON in North America... (more)

Three months before the end of passenger service on the Boston & Maine's Central Massachusetts Branch, the single RDC that comprised the evening commuter run between Boston and South Sudbury plows... (more)

Intercity RDC runs of two railroads that originated at opposite ends of the province of Nova Scotia meet in the middle beneath the trainshed of their Halifax terminal. CN car 6100 arrived from Sy... (more)

Perhaps the most perfect train in the world, the CP Canadian strolls along the Bow River in Banff National Park. Next stop: Banff. Then on to Calgary and points east. An FP7-FP9 combo have a seven... (more)

An A-B-B set of E6's pulls one of UP's fine passenger trains at speed, and on jointed rail.

Amtrak Train #4 , the SUPER CHIEF, rounds the reverse curves at Darling, Arizona, on April 16, 1972. Six F-units power the fast moving train. Darling is a crossover location about 13 miles east of... (more)