As surprising as it seems, former BN GEs continue in service on venerable iron ore hauler LS&I in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Here 3073 (C30-7) and 3009 (U30C) ease 60 iron ore loads out of the Ti... (more)

Soo 700 and DM&IR 193 move 123 empty coal cars along the North Shore Scenic Railroad for short term storage.

A loaded ore train with cars equipped with traditional friction bearing trucks and steel brake shoes creates a smoke cloud as it nears the base of the 2.2% grade of Proctor Hill near the Duluth or... (more)

A nice looking ACe passes a sister on a plow train at Boylston. The 9096 is in distributed power mode on the rear of a loaded ore train from Hibbing Taconite headed for Allouez (Superior).

Four new GEs rumble across the most photographed railroad bridge (and barn) in Montana as this westbound loaded grain train heads up the east slope of Marias Pass.

Freshly restored DSS&A 101 is posed with Soo Line 2500A at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's "Railfan Weekend" in Duluth. Lighting by S. Glischinski, J. Terry, S. Smedley and C. M. Guss.

A westbound vehicle train passes by a derailed grain hopper that is in the process of being removed.

The American Orient Express brings a taste of varnish back to Thunder Bay as it heads from Montreal to Vancouver.

LS&M centercab runs around its train on a soggy Sunday.

Veteran SD18 1231 shoves NSM's unique looking Jordan Spreader east on the snow covered south track.

Based on more recent shots of this area CN has really cleaned up the property. This must have been the area they put stuff when told "just throw it out back."

A switch crew holds in the clear to allow a loaded ore train from United Taconite to enter the yard while a plow clears some of the 6 inches of fresh snow we received overnight off the access road... (more)

EMD SD60 No. 3 rests in Cheyenne with some big company in the form of 6936. I believe number 3 had been re-trucked by EMD with HTCR self-steering trucks and was testing on UP.

A former Great Northern snow dozer built at their St. Cloud, Minnesota shops plows an ex-NP line across north central Minnesota.

The hostler at BNSF's Superior engine facility prepares a trio of "Oakway" SD60s for this evening's Superior to Grand Forks train. These were common in the Twin Ports on coal trains but have been... (more)