Short works train stabled on platform 10 at Spencer Street.

Great Northern Rail Services units S317-J103 and 4468 rest in the Creek Sidings.

The sun shines nicely on this early morning trip as fog spreads in the background. This NRHS train led by the first production SD45 #400 "Hustle Muscle" on an extremely rare mileage trip to Grand ... (more)

Clouds are moving in fast, but luckily the Hustle Muscle has the NRHS Rare Mileage trip trotting along at track speed. The clouds would eventually catch up.

With the passage of time nature is reclaiming the old GN tunnel. The railroad completed the bore in December, 1900, the original line used a system of eight switchbacks to cross Stevens Pass. In... (more)

One can almost hear the long ago din and bustle of the Great Northern Railroad town of Wellington echo off the walls of the first snowshed on the line down to Skykomish. The structure is now part... (more)

Head-end electric heat is still a few years away for Amtrak!

24. This will eventually be where I lay my head for the night. Yep, the hotel in the back ground, The Isaak Walton Inn. My pockets weren't deep enough for the Great Northern Suite and my one night... (more)

Great Northern Western Star.

A Great Northern train arrives at Great Northern Depot. The train is likely the Gopher arriving from Duluth at Sunset.

The westbound Western Star at Morris, MN. My parents, Clarence and Ruby, are the patrons (rightmost) on the platform.

GN observation-lounge Appekunny Mountain provides the parlor seating on the eastbound Twin Cities Hiawatha as it nears its destination at Chicago Union Station. Built by ACF in 1951 as 2 roomette... (more)

In Erhard, MN, Rocky and the station sign still grace the sides of the depot,which was moved from its original location some years ago and placed alongside US 59 in town. It now houses a restauran... (more)

1744 takes power amidst the beautiful autumn colours in the fine woodland surrounding the Severn Valley Railway