One of those you really had to see it to believe it moments. Soo 4408 rides high over 6600 in the aftermath of the July 12, 1982 head on at Gilchrist

Firefighters, railroad workers, police, and a couple photographers at the site of a head on collision between Soo trains 909-910 about 1 mile east of Gilchrist. 910 was supposed to take siding at ... (more)

By 1995 the WC had assembled quite a group of experienced craftsmen at North Fond du Lac Diesel. Always on the look out for ways to upgrade the power on the system, WC had bought three ex CSX GP40... (more)

For my 1,000th picture on RP.net I really wanted to do something a little special. Just about every Montreal River photo I ever took on the ACR/WC had a little story to go along with it due to the... (more)

Last remains of WC 3015 wait to be cut up for scrap at N. Fond du Lac. This unit was trailing 3009 on a freight coming into Green Bay when they had a head on collision with SW1500 1561 on a switch... (more)

On a frigid Feb. day D&M 975 is trying to get some loaded coal hoppers onto the Chief Wawatam at Mackinaw City. The coal was bound from West Virginia to Algoma Steel at Sault Ste. Marie and was pa... (more)

The two sharks on the E&LS were seldom seen in the light of day after the first few months on the property. On occasion they were moved out of the roundhouse in Wells or later the big building the... (more)

Houston...err I mean Minneapolis "we have a problem". The last of an unfortunate string of events for the Soo Line in Upper Michigan occurred on Halloween evening 1984 when the Soo Lift Bridge bec... (more)

The summer of 1979 I took my first big railfanning road trip to get some shots of BN's Alco fleet that called the Pacific Northwest home. Prior to that most of my photography had been done within ... (more)

A bluebonnet F rests at Hamlin in this shot from my collection. No photographer listed on slide.

Soo 6600 at Gilchrist after 4408 had been pulled off of her. In a few day it will be off on the long slow trip to Shoreham to be evaluated and soon enough will be determined to be beyond repair. T... (more)

The end for Mongrel 1505 came when the roundhouse burned at Iron Mountain on June 12th, 1976. Here the unit is seen at Adams headed for scrap. Photo is in my collection with no photographer inform... (more)

GN 325 leads an eastbound that I would assume is the Empire Builder near Inverness, MT. Scanned from an Ektachrome transparency that is part of my collection but was not shot by me. No photographe... (more)

NP 6702C leads train 2 at Jamestown. ND. Lots of head- end traffic on train 2. This photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed.

NP 6013D leads three other first generation units on ore loads at Minneapolis. This slide has been in my collection for year and was either bought or traded for. No photographer listed on slide.