VIA’s eastbound Train 2 crosses Canadian Pacific’s famous Stoney Creek arch bridge on its descent off Rogers Pass on Aug. 11, 1981. The steel bridge replaced a wooden trestle in 1893 and and ... (more)

DMIR 316 and SOO 2500 head light power between the I35 freeway and Lake Superior on their way up the North Shore to retrieve the last set of coal hoppers they stored there a few months ago for BNS... (more)

After a lengthy process to hook up, test the train and break it free from the snow, the engineer throttles up and begins the trip back to Duluth with 104 empty coal cars for the BNSF to put back ... (more)

After cutting off the empty coal cars, the FP7 and SD-M drift under the CN ore dock to the cross-over switches. Next stop for the 2500... Spencer! BNSF will pick up the cars from here and return... (more)

After a lengthy hiatus at North Bay with her two sister locomotives, FP7Au 2000 makes her way back to Cochrane in March 2003. 2000 poses at the Shops with GP38-2 1805 after arriving on this aftern... (more)

Deep in the woods of northern Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior, a Soo Line FP7 works in revenue service in 2014. It's currently leading a train of 104 coal empties along the NSSR mainline... (more)

Rumbling and bumbling down the North Shore Scenic Railroad's main line back towards Duluth, MN with coal empties for interchange to the BNSF Railway.

AC 1756 leads train number 1 into a curve north of Bellevue on a fine summer morning.

Deep in the woods of northern Minnesota there lives a Soo Line FP7 working in revenue service in 2014. It's currently leading a train of 104 coal empties off the NSSR line on the North Shore to b... (more)

An F unit? Check. In snow? Check. In revenue service? Check. In 2014? Check. Soo Line 2500-A leads an empty coal train being returned from storage on the North Shore Scenic Railroad to BNSF Railw... (more)

The original FP7 demonstrator rolls down towards interchange with the BNSF as she teams with DMIR #316 to deliver coal cars back to the BNSF after being stored on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's... (more)

Inside the belly of a streamliner. The old gal has a radiator leak - notice all the water on the floor - but that will be repaired in time for its trip to Spencer.

The pure simplicity of the controls in Soo FP7A 2500A contrasts sharply with today's modern locomotives.

Soo Line 2500-A leads an empty coal train being returned from storage on the North Shore Scenic Railroad to BNSF Railway in Duluth.

The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)