The prototype SD45 - Huscle Muscle - pulls a matching train of GN streamliners on the North Shore Scenic Railroad at Lakewood, Minnesota. The unit is owned by the Great Northern Railway Historica... (more)

Retired GN engineer Frank Christopherson feels right at home in the cab of the Hustle Muscle.

GN SD45 "Hustle Muscle" and little sister NW-5 192 pose at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's "Railfan Weekend" in Duluth. Lighting by S. Glischinski, J. Terry, S. Smedley and C. M. Guss.

A former Santa Fe F45 takes on a new life as Great Northern 441. Filling the next number slot of GN F45s, the 441 is heading for the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana to become a locomotive cabin... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern 423 passes the VFW Hall's M47 Patton, as the train backs a long train of storage tank cars on its former Chicago & North Western branch between Trego and Hayward Junction... (more)

One of Doyle's magnificent toys basks in the sun along the Oregon Coast...

Beautifully painted GN 181 graces the Whitefish MT depot.

Restoration work is well underway as welding and grinding work on a vintage rail car lights up the inside of Jackson Street Roundhouse.

Ex-GN unit in yard service looks like a model.

A layover netted me a great day of picture taking. Here this old ex-GN unit shuffles cars as it has for years.

The next unit over is 351A an F3A and the next is 370A an F7A.

GN 192 returning to the Depot in Duluth, this old EMD has been providing power for the shorter runs on the NSSR.

View is of a Great Northern SD9 switching the BN yard in Klamath Falls. The engineer has just blown the horn for the crossing and ice can be seen dropping from the wires

The Empire Builder stops alongside enshrined GN 2584 a few days before Christmas.

One of seven built exclusively for the Great Northern, #181 survives as a display in Whitefish, Montana. Here, dressed up for the Holidays. Sister unit #179 is rumored to be operational, right h... (more)