The Iowa Northern's North Crew does work in the Manly Terminal. This is the farthest north the Iowa Northern goes. The Manly Yard used to be a small little operation with an interchange point wit... (more)

D&RGW FT 543 and mates lead a 65 car freight near Pinecliff in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AC 1753 is parked at the Shops Yard engine facilities at Wisconsin Central's North Fond Du Lac yards. The unit began life in January 1957 as CN 6514, a GMD built FP9A. It came back under CN owners... (more)

CP 1413 leads the eastbound Canadian up the Columbia River valley at Moberly, northwest of Golden, BC. The Canadian and all other CP intercity passenger trains were taken over by VIA Rail Canada o... (more)

BN 9984 dressed in an early attempt at a BN color scheme for former CB&Q E units idles at a platform in Chicago Union Station with a "Dinky", the nickname often associated with Burlingto... (more)

MILW 101A leads another FP7, E9B & E9A on the Morning Hiawatha as the train glides downgrade and crosses BN's main on the approach to the Mississippi River crossing into Hastings, MN. The train ha... (more)

I was about to give up on ever seeing a three porthole Phase I F3 when we spotted this thing. Last one also.

CNW 205, former CGW 108C, waits alongside the diesel shops to be hostled onto a freight consist for an outbound train from Oelwein. F units were common on trains operating through Oelwein into the... (more)

BN F9A no. 840 (Northern Pacific heritage) idles outside the wood engine house at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S crew change location between Pasco and Vancouver, WA. Immediately west of Wishram the... (more)

CP FP7A no. 1413 leads the eastbound Canadian out of the Connaught Tunnel below Rogers Pass in the Selkirk Range of the Canadian Rockies. The 5 mile tunnel was completed in 1916, lowering the elev... (more)

BN F7A 758 leads a trio of EMD hood units on a southbound freight crossing the diamonds and interchange at Argo Tower south of downtown Seattle. This location saw all railroads serving Seattle, BN... (more)

A Conrail Office Car Special passes by the Delaware Inn located in Hancock, NY during April 1996. Photographer unknown, Kodachrome from the John E. Troxler collection.

GMO 103A heads up Amtrak's State House passenger train at Joliet, IL in May 1974. The venerable E7 was among the oldest of hand me down locos put into service on Amtrak at the May 1971 start up. H... (more)

A new addition to the Cresco city park is a Milwaukee Road FP7 locomotive, box car and caboose.

Eastbound DL&W E8 811 and 817 leads train 6 the "Phoebe Snow" at Pocono Summit Lake, PA., on October 06, 1960. Photo by Al Holtz, from my collection.