The Ringling Brothers Blue Unit train eases to a stop near the Amtrak station in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Helpers will be added before the train continues west.

ICE 210 switches the yard in Marquette, IA in November of 2002.

Eastbound train Kingman AZ

Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway's first purchase of second generation units was six GMD SD40's built in 1968. The railway hauls iron ore from Schefferville to Sept Isles, Quebec and has no ... (more)

A pair of CN SD40's are leading a southbound unit sulpher train at Nopeming Junction on the west side of Duluth

The westbound Super Continental rolls along the Thompson River in its namesake canyon and soon will make a brief stop at Lytton before heading to a crew change at Boston Bar, the last change befor... (more)

A CNW freight heads south near Haugen, WI with a bit of help from a Conrail unit. This train, 406 (DWPRA), handled mainly traffic from the CN at Duluth to Chicago connections. This piece of track ... (more)

A Soo Line power set idles at the sand tower at Irvine Yard near Chippewa Falls, WI on the round house lead. After some switching, the power will head the train east toward Stevens Point. The old... (more)

Three of the Jersey Central's nine SD40s await their next job at the CNJ/RDG engine terminal at Bethlehem, PA, on a spring day. The CNJ's austerity paint scheme was somewhat less than flashy.

All was not well with CNW in 1971. Ben Heineman was still running the show, but would soon dump the railroad on its employees. Fortunately, the railroad blossomed under that change and made it unt... (more)

Utah Railway 9007 pulls an empty coal train through Price River Canyon. The train will load at the Wildcat loadout.

A TOFC train races eastbound behind a UP SD-40 and two SP SD-45's.

Soldier Summit isn't exactly very hospitable this afternoon. But the sun has broke through the snow flurries, at just the right time. As the Utah brings an empty coal train up the mountain. With t... (more)

MRL SD40 no. 251 and mate work a freight east having just left Big Timber, MT. The train is occupying Northern Pacific's former mainline along the Yellowstone River with the Crazy Mountains provid... (more)