MRL 392,390,7556,7547 are working the LM up Winston Hill east of Helena. The pair of F45's on the point was quite a thrill in 2004. As far as I know after CN sent the WC's F45 fleet to the scrap y... (more)

A BN F45 leads a smaller GP38-2 towards Superior on a nice fall day in 1986. This locomotive would be retired a few months later in December.

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)

58. The clouds and grass sweep in unison as a BNSF crew change takes place behind a couple of parked MRL F45s. Some type of shop looks to have some work in this economy.

59. Wish I could have seen these guys in action on my trip.

WC 6651,588 are eastbound on the ore loads bound for Algoma Steel at Rexton. This train has 44 loads and it will be arriving at the steel mill in approximately two hours. Both of these locomotive ... (more)

WC 6655,6507,6597,6004,2252 amble north with train 11 at Limer. The amount of power on the train reflects the rugged nature of the former ACR line north of Sault Ste. Marie and the fact that on th... (more)

MRL 391 along with an ex SP Kodachrome SD are head end helpers on this BNSF eastbound rack train nearing the summit of Bozeman Pass. The consist on this train is MRL 391,7556,BNSF 919,6738.

Working as pushers on a westbound coal train MRL 391 and a colorful group of four other EMDs are hard at it, about 3 miles out of Livingston, shoving this load upgrade to the summit of Bozeman Pas... (more)

In what was surely a blast from the past, even in 1998, WC 6654 leads AC 1756,1762,1761,1754 on the 65 cars of train GBSOA departing for Sault Ste. Marie. That is an A-A-B-B-A set of EMD F's for t... (more)

A heavy early spring snow blankets northern Illinois as five light units approach the junction of the Galesburg main and the Minneapolis main. Cowl-bodied F45 6603 seems a natural to be leading t... (more)

WC 6654,6501,2401,DMIR 171 have arrived at Swift with the first cut of a X-SPLD that originated at Tilden Mine. The units will soon cut off and run lite back to Marquette for the other 54 cars

Getting a train on the Montreal River bridge at mile 92 on the former ACR can be a challenge. The road in from the Trans Canada was(and probably still is)owned by Great Lakes Hydro and is normally... (more)

WC 6653,AC 1761, WC 2005 roll into Trout Lake with train SOGB on a bright Feb. afternoon.