It doesn't get much more obscure than this! Calumet & Hecla 0-4-0T No. 3 operates on select Sunday afternoons at the Houghton County Historical Museum in Lake Linden, Mich. The locomotive was bu... (more)

Chicago & North Western R-1 175 is stored at the old Quincy Mining Company smelter in Hancock, Michigan. The 4-6-0 pulled some fan trips in the late 1950s, and was to supposed have been donated t... (more)

When the narrow gauge Quincy & Torch Lake was abandoned, its locomotives were left inside the engine house at Hancock, Michigan. In the 1970s they were pulled outside for display near the Quincy M... (more)

All loaded and ready for shipment, the Minnesota Zephyr F units are awaiting an inspection by the Union Pacific before heading to their new home in Alamosa, Colorado.

Milwaukee Road 261 stands ready for departure at St. Paul Union Depot, ready to head out to the "North Pole" on a dreary winter day in the Twin Cites.

Gary Nelson, a conductor aboard 261's train, is a veteran Great Northern conductor who also served on Burlington Northern and BNSF.

Milwaukee Road 261 is decorated for "North Pole Express" duties; it's the first steam locomotive to use St. Paul Union Depot since CB&Q 5632 - and that was fifty years ago.

Milwaukee Road 261 is loading some last-minute passengers as it prepares to depart Union Depot for the "North Pole." At the same time, Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train is visiting the d... (more)

View from the rear platform of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train as we roll westbound through the ex-Northern Pacific 1885 brick-lined tunnel under Westminster Junction.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rests overnight near the former Soo Line yard at Shoreham.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train stops at St. Paul Union Depot for a show - there were around 5,000 people there to greet it!

Milwaukee Road 261 and the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train meet for the first time at St. Paul Union Depot. What a sight this was!

Milwaukee Road 261 departs St. Paul Union Depot with the 1:30 North Pole Express. Friends of 261 and BNSF are operating steam-powered trains out of the Union Depot this holiday season. The trips... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 has just arrived at St. Paul Union Depot, becoming the first steam locomotive into the station since its reopening earlier this year. The last steam locomotive that operated i... (more)

Mogul No. 9, seen here through the the frame of Woodward Iron 2-10-0 No. 41, was built by Baldwin in 1884 for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific. In later years it ran on the Dardanelle ... (more)