The Southbound turn to Driftwood smokes it up as it passes the busy little general store and Post Office in Turtlepoint, PA.

The rests of the old M636, in CPR colors, is standing up under the stars.

The WNYP Hornell Turn is heading back to Olean late in the afternoon on a fine Fall day.

The Guelph Junction operator hoops orders to CP westbound MLW M-636 4720. The Guelph Jct. station, order board and CP 4720 are all history now.

Presidents Day dawned mostly cloudy in Scranton but would later become a cold but cloudless day. Road power for today's SB-3 job idles at Bridge 60 (3643-3000-2461) . A brief break in the clouds... (more)

Southbound ore train in the black fly infested area near Charles siding. The big Alcos made it worthwhile to battle the hordes of flies.

CP M636's 4708,4736.4729 work east through Hager with train 936. At the time 936 was a Winnipeg-St. Luc job that did much local work along the Northern Ontario corridor. CP's big 6 axle M-Liners w... (more)

CP train 923 with 4708 and 4219 pass through a cut west of Zorra. The big M's were nearing the end of their career on CP. They were retired by the end of the year. Replaced with leased EMD's the b... (more)

WNYP 637 is slated for traction motor work and the transfer caboose should look neat in black.

One of the then few remaining Robe M636 units in service, 9416 was built in 1973 and had the engine cooling modification in 1990. Sadly 9416 has gone to history.

Empty ore train

One of the most improbable lash ups to ever pass through Trout Lake was this CP detour job with 4708,5508,4711. If I remember correctly the CSX was having some type of labor problems in lower Mich... (more)