Crossing the former Northern Pacific bridge into Duluth.

Only On Wednesday: Montana Rail Link's weekly Darby Local heads north back towards Missoula on the morning of Wednesday, November 26. Although traffic is light the Darby Local is a classic example... (more)

Steam on the Iron Horse! No. 4 stands at the Groningen depot (ex- St Paul & Duluth, later NP, built in 1895). A large crowd of people enjoyed rides on this authentic recreation of a 1920s Minnes... (more)

Shorn of its Northern Pacific monad but still in NP green, #9814 is making its stop at Pasco, WA, with the North Coast Limited, now a BN train

A St. Paul-Tacoma stack train is moving quickly through downtown Fargo headed into the quickly setting sun. The tall peaked roof in the background is the beautifully restored and maintain ex-NP de... (more)

The rear end of BNSF's Employee Special is on the last leg of its round-trip journey between Brainerd and Staples as it crosses over the former Northern Pacific bridge over the Mississippi River i... (more)

The BNSF's H-NTWLAU begins going across the long bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City as the tail end of the CP's 498 passes underneath on that railroad's Car... (more)

Looking like Lionel O guage models, a trio of GP9s inherited from the Northern Pacific are tied-up at Northtown between runs. Note the steam locomotive bell on the short hood of two of the units.

The ML pulls out of the roundhouse tracks and onto the yard lead. The locos will tie onto the train in a few minutes. The former NP depot is in the background.

No. 328 backs down to pick up its train after dumping ashes at the Osceola, Wisconsin depot. This was the 4-6-0's last month of operation before being taken out of service.

Night photos at the Duluth depot. The 2435 looks live, but the smoke and firebox glow is actually coming from fusees placed in the firebox.

Done with work today the 105 sits on the turntable with SW1 3110 inside the shops.

The Brainerd Local has some non-cascade green power for a change and proceeds west over the bridge that the Northern Pacific built to cross the Mississippi River.

Hostler George Clark is backing the NP 2626 onto the turntable at the Seattle Roundhouse in this rare color photo taken on a rainy February day in 1956.

A loaded BNSF grain train rolls past the original NP depot in Missoula.