A CN southbound is about to pass under the Bugline Trail overpass in Sussex, WI on the Waukesha Sub. The train is led by a mixed consist that includes a CN SD75I (CN 5690), an Alstom Canada (GCFX)... (more)

An eastbound BNSF train crosses N. Virginia Street in Reno, NV. Within five years this view would no longer be possible, as the UP Roseville Subdivision was moved below street level into a trench... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific SD40T-2s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound UP manifest climbing toward Donner summit at Soda Springs, CA. Both units were appropriately filthy. SP 8232 is a late &... (more)

An all-EMD consist leads an eastbound Union Pacific double stack train past the west end of Spring Garden siding on the Canyon Sub.

Included in this July 2000 view is a who's who of classic western motive power from Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Western Pacific. Shortly after this photo was taken WP 707 was repainted in... (more)

Milwaukee Road U25B 5057 is no longer part of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum collection at Portola, CA. Having never seen an actual MILW diesel in service (patched SOO "bandit" uni... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific manifest drops downgrade through Emigrant Gap, CA on the Roseville Subdivision. At right is I-80 and at left...the Sierras.

A westbound BNSF baretable train led by a pair of LMX B39-8Es passes through the Honeymoon Tunnels near Belden, CA on UP's Canyon Sub, deep in the Feather River Canyon.

Just what a visitor from the east coast wants to see when they get to Keddie Wye...another visitor from the east coast. "Foreign" power in the form of a CSX CW40-8, leads a UP westbound... (more)

After a long trip across Canada on The Canadian, our first stop back in the US was at Edmonds, WA on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision. As soon as we arrived we were greeted by a crowd of people l... (more)

Jasper, AB briefly becomes a busy little town when the east and westbound versions of The Canadian meet there. On this chilly summer day, eastbound #2 was led by one of VIA's "Kool-Aid" br... (more)

A lineup of classic GMD hood units rests in Edmonton, AB, as seen from VIA Rail's Canadian. I believe this was taken while passing through CN's Walker Yard.

CSX Q273 passes "downtown" Fonda, NY on a beautiful fall afternoon. A former Conrail GP40-2 leads two HLCX lease units west along the Mohawk Subdivision.

CSX Q629 approaches Fonda, NY and is about to pass under the aptly-named Bridge St. overpass. A former Santa Fe warbonnet leads a CEFX lease unit. This was one of many interesting consists seen ... (more)

A pair of well-worn Southern Pacific units leads TV-556X south down the Northern Branch toward Croxton Yard. The train is approaching the Secaucus Road grade crossing in North Bergen. At left is... (more)