Bitter Cold and Snow ! - CN L54381 19 - Gladstone Mi to Sault St Marie - Eastbound, in Cooks, Michigan - CN 5408 and 5404 lead

On a very frigid Friday afternoon (-24c ambient) CPKC ran a snow spreader west across the 132 mile Nipigon Subdivision from Schreiber to Thunder Bay. After cleaning up Sprucewood they are on their... (more)

Snow Blasting !! CN L552-19 Westbound in Rapid River Michigan (Michigan's Upper Peninsula). This is a daily train from Sault St Marie Ontario to Gladstone Mi.

After a set-out and pick-up at CN's Keenan yard, L568 is heading for CN's Proctor yard.

CNW 8003 is on the move after stopping to fix some sticking brakes near Brampton, MI in June of 1987. We had just alerted the crew to smoke coming from one of the ore cars at the back of the train... (more)

Walker Yard's 1400 Pulldown job pulls a cut of cars past L515's train who is waiting to depart towards the Sangudo Sub.

A pair of CN SD60s run light through CN's Thorton Yard.

It seemed like they'd never to away in those days and now they are just another odd happening and the photos are bringing back memories. This empty coal bucket is headed back west at a tiny gem o... (more)

After a set-out and pick-up at Keenan yard, CN 5426 begins the pull getting up to track speed with a destination of Ranier, MN.

For three months, from October to December 1986, General Motors Electro-Motive Division built 100 SD60s to lease to the Burlington Northern Railroad. (Could either of the builders crank out that ... (more)

Soo SD-60 get attention at Superior Wisconsin

We were pretty excited to luck into this slot train at Edmore. The train pulled into the siding to dump the last 15 cars and meet an 853 train. The train had dumped rock at 2am at Brownville this ... (more)

We were pretty excited to luck into this slot train at Edmore. The train pulled into the siding to dump the last 15 cars and meet an 853 train. The train had dumped rock at 2am at Brownville this ... (more)

Former Soo SD60s 6251, 6258 and 6249 lead CPKC D43 off of the Wilkie Sub and onto the Cominco Spur at Dunfermline.

SOO power lead their train by New Albany on the former Monon.