Swan Landing An eastbound Potash train skirts the shores of Brule' Lake as it makes it way towards Edmonton. Jasper National Park forms a backdrop. Swan Landing is an important intercha... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Kicking Horse Pass There were several passes considered for Canadian Pacific's railroad across the Rockies. At least 2 passes to the north and the Corwsnest to the s... (more)

Kicking Horse Canyon From high above the new highway and the old, an eastbound stack train roars up the 2.2% grade out of Glenogle, BC. The original road closely followed the original ali... (more)

Montana Subdivision CP5049 rebuilt SD40-2 pulls one of the many grades towards Milk River. The local originates in Lethbridge and brings interchange cars for the United States border.

Mason Creek Viaduct A southbound coal load crosses Mason Creek Viaduct on the Grande Cache Subdivision. The train is climbing the long 1%+ grade from Winniandy, Alberta (Grande Cache). The... (more)

Two-way road/rail dumper "Wacker Neuson DW60" # 213932 of the Berther Bau und Industrie AG (Disentis) for standard and 1 meter gauge, on the track of the Rhaetian Railway on the way from the const... (more)

Southern nights. A night hostler spreads a film of fresh oil on the cross-head guides of the Rio Grande Southern's veteran T-19, 10-Wheeler #20 as he makes his rounds in the company's yard ... (more)

Betwixt the slumbering beasts. A Rio Grande Southern night hostler makes his rounds in the yard at Ridgway, CO, tending to a pair of simmering locomotives that are scheduled for an early mo... (more)

This unnumbered GE 44 tonner is the yard switcher for Ray's Transportation (formerly East Coast Rail), suppliers of ties and aggregates. Once worked for Washington DC Metro as L002 and had a sti... (more)

Searching through my old photo files sometimes results in an overlooked image such as this shot of the Deseret Railway's morning empty train. Location is the RR underpass of the Old Bonanza Road i... (more)

Wiscasset before dawn. It's a frigid early morning wake-up call in the yard in Wiscasset, Maine as crews from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway prepare their locomotives for pa... (more)

TVRM locomotives lined up at the Soule shops.

In homage ot Ephraim Shay, Cadillac has constructed a historical marker and sample of his creation he developed in nearby Haring, MI.

The train displayed at the Museum looks as if the Pan American, or other named train, has arrived to load passengers for destinations further south.

The Tower protected the crossing of the Nickel Plate Clover Leaf and The Illinois Central Gruber Line.