Soo Line 415, an Alco DL-640 (RS27), awaits its assignment at Shoreham Yard, Minneapolis. SOO 415 & 416 were known as the Dolly sisters and were the last two Alcos acquired by SOO in April 1962, t... (more)

MN&S 10, an FM H-12-44, switches cars at its Minneapolis yard. The MN&S operated from Minneapolis to Northfield, MN (Rock Island/MILW connections) and Randolph, MN (Chicago Great Western connectio... (more)

BN 7615 leads a westbound grain train across the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT crossing a bridge constructed by the Army Corps. of Engineers as part of a line relocation project done for Northern Paci... (more)

BN 6125 and 1111 offer a comparison of BNSF's first orange scheme and its contemporary one as the two locos provide DPU support to a westbound grain train on Montana Rail Link at Tuscor, MT. BNSF ... (more)

BNSF 645, built in March 1994, still wears its original Santa Fe Superfleet scheme with 24 and a half years of weathering applied. Sometime along the way BNSF initials were patched on, as well as ... (more)

BNSF rotary snowplow no. 972554 appears to be a hybrid of an older rotary blade and housing attached to a GP38-2. Interestingly, the plow has a 5 axle wheel arrangement, combining the use of an SD... (more)

UP 308 is parked at Baker, OR where it handles local business in the area. The loco is an Omaha GP20 upgraded by UP shops from a GP9. UP upgraded a number of GP9s and GP9Bs to 2000 HP and also pur... (more)

UP 2000, a UP local operating as a caboose hop passes MILW SD9 502 and the big hook at Auburn siding, Auburn, WA. The MILW crew is cleaning up a minor derailment involving a Thrall all-door lumber... (more)

UP 928 leads UP's "Old Timers Special" deadhead movement through Tacoma en route to Seattle where it will be loaded for an excursion through the Columbia Gorge, over the Blue Mountains a... (more)

UP GP30 866 leads a quartet of power that only UP could put together on a southbound freight rolling through Rustin as it leaves Tacoma, WA headed to Portland, OR. Trailing the lead unit is a GP30... (more)

DSSA 101 leads its fall color excursion train across the Knife River near its mouth into Lake Superior. The bridge is typical of the heavy duty construction of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range bridges... (more)

A rainy day greets a special fall color run on the North Shore Scenic RR. out of the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth. DSSA 101, an Alco RS-1, has the perfect color scheme for leading... (more)

CN 2946 heads north with an ore train at Iron Junction, MN. I am not certain, but this appears to be a raw taconite train. Note the loaded jenny behind the locos. I suspect this is used as a buffe... (more)

CN 2007 leads a trio of GE C40-8s making good time up the grade from Two Harbors, MN at Highland Lake passing siding.The empty train is headed back to Minntac for a refill. CN 2007 was acquired by... (more)

BN RS-11 no. 4182, another RS-11 still in NP paint, and a former SP&S C424 are parked at BN's Hoyt St. Yard in downtown Portland, OR between assignments. Since SP&S was the one Alco heavy railroad... (more)