Three, six-motor EMD's are inside the D&H Colonie Shops. Seemingly out of place, but with both the D&H and EL being under the N&W Dereco arrangement since 1968 it was not uncommon to see EL power ... (more)

This typical lashup of B&M power for freights on the Conn River Line shortly will head across the Connecticut River bridge to the White River Junction, VT yard and take a train south to Springfiel... (more)

I am five miles east of Julesburg where the U.P. line from North Platte spilts to head to Denver or Cheyenne. Eastern Colorado may look flat but the 20,400 H.P. on the head end of this westbound ... (more)

An FA-2, fresh from the Angus Shops paint booth, leads a GP-35, RS-3, C424 and FA-1 on a westbound manifest through the suburban Grovehill commuter station. As CPR's FA-1's and FA-2's did not hav... (more)

The CPR Montreal West Tower Operator's view. The commuter rush is over. The Westminster Avenue gates are lowered and the switches lined for "The Laurentian" to cross over from Track 3 ... (more)

Two FPA-4's lead the early morning train from Quebec City to Montreal across the Richelieu River.

Winter has come early to Montreal. A short inbound morning commuter train makes its station stop at Westmount before continuing on to Windsor Station.

What appears to be a seriously overpowered train likely dropped most of its cars at Montreal Yard (now called Taschereau Yard) and is bringing the piggyback and container cars to the Turcot Piggyb... (more)

The New York Central received 10 C-430's just before the Penn Central merger in February 1968. Only 16 were built, going to the NYC. GB&W, SCL and Reading

WR1 (Wilkes Barre, PA - Rouses Point, NY) and its return, RW-6 were the daily manifests to and from Rouses Point. RW-6 was called "The Paper Train" because a large part of its consist w... (more)

"The Laurentian" races south over the Great Chazy River. The previous day's northbound "Laurentian" had a third PA added to it in Rouses Point before going to Montreal and all... (more)

"The Laurentian" moves through the crossovers at CP's Montreal West station after yet another major snowstorm hit Montreal. What is unusual is the power on today's train. Three units w... (more)

The Ogdensburg and Norwood's only engine switches the Penn Central interchange at Norwood, NY. Until going out of business in 1963 the Rutland Railway terminated at Ogdensburg, NY on the St. Lawre... (more)