BNSF 5080 holds a stack/vehicle train along Lake Onalaska at Onalaska, WI. The lake is formed by the confluence of the Black River with the Mississippi River just north of La Crosse, WI. The crew ... (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)

WC 3012 leads a pair of SD45s on a southbound freight at Theresa Station and is about to cross the Rock River which flows out of Theresa Marsh. The train is operating between North Fond Du Lac and... (more)

As a kid I remember seeing this modern fueling and sanding complex at SP's Roseville Yard in Trains Magazine. It was amazing to finally see it in person, looking more like a launching pad complex ... (more)

A quintet of UP GP38-2s lead by UP 2049 idle the night away at the Argo Yard engine facility in Seattle in the company of a couple NW2s and a few cabooses. In the mid 1970s the slogan "Depend... (more)

Road power consists sandwich an NW2 switcher near the Argo yard tower and freight offices. UP 3288 is a snoot SD40-2, while a UP only consist made up of UP 406, an SDP35, a GP20B and a GP30B, is r... (more)

A rainy summer day in Seattle did not dampen spirits of UP employees as the railroad operated Family Days round trip train rides between Argo Yard in Seattle and Black River Jct. This stretch of t... (more)

BNSF SD70ACe no. 8514 leads a westbound grain train through Toston, MT while bad ordered Ace no. 9105 looks on. BNSF 9105 had been set out of a prior train with wheel/axle issues. Trackage is part... (more)

MILW 988 leads a trio of GP20ms sitting at BN's Rice's Point Yard, the former main yard of NP in Duluth. These "GP20 Uglies" were recently rebuilt from MILW GP9s. MILW used NP/BN's line ... (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)

CN 3155 slows a VIA Rail Tempo Service train to a stop at Burlington West station, located west of Toronto where the CN freight bypass connects with the mainline into Toronto Union Station. The lo... (more)

Before a Fairhaven transportation center was built south of downtown, Bellingham relied on these two former Great Northern structures for accessing GN, BN and later Amtrak passenger service. BN an... (more)

While snooping around the C&NW North Green Bay roundhouse I came across this EMD cab sitting along side the building. I think it was from an SD40-2, number unknown. No idea how C&NW ended up with ... (more)

CNW Also C-425 no. 4258 shares space in North Green Bay's roundhouse with CNW Geep no. 4140. By 1986 Green Bay had replaced the "Alco Line" as the center of Alco locomotives on the railr... (more)

Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. was part of the Grand Trunk system of US railroads owned by Canadian National. During the post-steam era DW&P operated their railway primarily with Alto RS-11s acquir... (more)