British Columbia's Royal Hudson 2860 leads its daily excursion train south over a vintage wood trestle located on BC Rail's mainline in West Vancouver. It would be replaced by a modern steel and c... (more)

A late winter blizzard greets travelers on US Presidents' Day weekend in the normally snow free Vancouver area. Airports will close as will some roads, but the Canadian will depart Vancouver on ti... (more)

Don't be fooled by this Q train, the pair of BNSF units are on the rear serving as DPUs on Monitor curve just west of Wenatchee. The train has just left town headed for south Seattle. The large in... (more)

Venerable BNSF Dash 9 no. 4030 serves as DPU on an eastbound freight on Montana Rail Link at the frog pond just outside Trout Creek, MT.

CN 3899 races through Amherst Jct., WI with a northbound freight headed from Shops Yard, North Fond Du Lac to Stevens Point. The crew on BLE 910 in the distance will have to wait for a few trains ... (more)

BLE 910's crew gets plenty of time to watch traffic on the CN mainline at Amherst Jct. while they wait for traffic to clear before getting permission to enter the main and return to Stevens Point,... (more)

Local power for the Wausau area wait for their next assignment next to the CN yard office in Wausau. The black beauties compete for attention with another GM product, a Cadillac hearse, apparently... (more)

A trio of CN SD40s decked out in zebra stripes ascend the approach to the north side of the Fraser River crossing at New Westminster, BC with a transfer run from Vancouver to Thornton Yard at Pt. ... (more)

BN 1796, former GN 723, a late phase GP9 built in October 1957, was caught resting at Wenatchee, WA, part of a helper set, in early June 1974. This unit seemed to hang around northwest Washington,... (more)

MILW 292, one of Milwaukee Roads large purchase of late phase GP9s for mainline freight service, built in April 1959, idles at Red Wing, MN, reduced to switching and local work by the acquisition ... (more)

WC SD45 no. 6605 and a former Algoma Central SD40 arrive at Shops Yard with a southbound freight. It was always a treat to be out along the WC, one of the finest US rail carriers during the 1990s.

Spring has sprung as the always entertaining Wisconsin Central gets a bit of support from a pair of Southern Pacific GEs as its northbound train crests Byron Hill and begins its descent toward Sho... (more)

Fall color is in full tilt on top of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state as MILW 177 exits Snoqualmie Tunnel after making its eastbound climb up from Cedar Falls, WA. The train will continue to Ot... (more)

What a cool place to be in December 1969. MILW 900 and friends enjoy a 22 degree below zero morning in ice fog along the Mississippi at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN. I was afraid my Canon TL/QL wou... (more)

CP 2860, the Royal Hudson, makes its excursion along Howe Sound near Tunnel Point on its southbound return from Squamish to North Vancouver, BC. There are few more beautiful places to be on a sunn... (more)