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.

In January 2008, Norfolk Southern local train P75 glides over the Congaree River in the Midlands of South Carolina with EMD SD60 6586 leading long hood forward. They appear to be heading to Amick ... (more)

CN 5454 at Ft. Dodge, IA.

Home to the Cedar River, Osage has been the starting and stopping point of crews working the Osage Sub for many years. This year that changed when District 2 CN crews got qualified to run to Charl... (more)

The 1st Cedar River job is on their way to Waterloo with cars mainly out of St. Ansgar. The job passes this 1941 Packard Clipper sitting on Main Street, Orchard. Side note: only 17,000 clippers we... (more)

As I scan a lot of my early stuff, I see I went to a lot of places you wouldn't be caught dead in nowadays. It seems like in the 90s no one cared what you did; we were just a boy and his mom takin... (more)

UP 6063 is westbound past Maxwell, NE on its final miles approaching North Platte. The third main track had only recently been placed in service to accommodate extraordinarily heavy traffic - at t... (more)

Passing Iron Jct. on the way to Ranier, MN with mixed freight.