Train 326 departs Alpena on a snowy afternoon.

Their first day in Alpena, LSRC's newly rebuilt slug set departs with TR. #326. #303 is ex-LSRC #371 (originally a GP35).

It is an unusually warm and sultry autumn morning. Three GP40's, basking in the hazy brilliance of the rising sun, have just brought in the northbound road freight.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Repainted in the Nickel Plate Road EMD demo scheme, F7 #83 powers the "Hamilton Harvest Train."

Tire promoting a local car repair shop frames the power of the afternoon southbound train.

This picture was not posed. A gent driving a 1957 Chevrolet arrived with his family to view the NRHS special heading for Manly. The old car, parked beside the road, complemented the colors of the ... (more)

Arriving before dawnbreak, newly-repainted LSRC #805 wears the railroad's new, brighter blue paint scheme. Unit previously wore Canada's "Rocky Mountaineer" colors.

Wearing colors reminiscent of the CB&Q, LSRC 4301 leads the southbound night freight passing the historic Harrisville depot.

No, it really is not a model railroad! Consolidation #40 was leased in 2000 from the Georgetown Loop to celebrate the WP&Y centennial. Here, she powers a special photo freight.

In 1982, eleven years after the beginning of Amtrak, one could still experience what fine passenger train service was like in the pre-Amtrak era. "Rio Grande Zephyr" was discontinued the following... (more)

UP yellow contrasts well with dark skies that portend heavy rains.

When this new railroad started up in 1986 and adorned its GP9's in this Pere Marquette-inspired scheme, I thought this was one of the nicest-looking paint schemes to materialize during that time p... (more)

Refurbished "Agawa Canyon Tour Train" equipment returned to CN's former Algoma Central Railway for the start-up of the 2011 season. F40, originally purchased for Amtrak, previously pulled the Rio ... (more)

Refurbished "Agawa Canyon Tour Train" equipment returned to CN's former Algoma Central Railway for the start-up of the 2011 season. F40, originally purchased for Amtrak, previously pulled the Rio ... (more)

Crew on SD40-2 NO.770 observes the charred remains of SD40-2 NO. 6600. Trains 909 and 910 had collided head on the previous day when 910 neglected to take a siding. Crews jumped before the collisi... (more)