It was a dull and gloomy day at Michel, BC where CPR H Liners 8727 and 8724 had a meet. Lots of crew interaction in this shot. This siding is still there today but everything else including the ... (more)

E7s were common on the Birmingham Special in the late 1960s. The train still had a full diner and plenty of head end business -- running 17 cars this day. It was a tough choice in 1968 whether t... (more)

It had been a long night for the crew on southbound manifest No. 105 as it was grinding up Rutherglen Hill at Colemans Mill, VA on January 15, 1982. They had already made several set offs pick up... (more)

Southbound RF&P No. 275 was approaching Vaughan's Crossing at the north end of Ashland, VA on Feb. 11, 1978 with two GP35s and a GP7. The sharp eye will notice the SCL caboose spliced into the tr... (more)

At less than 1%, as far as railroad grades are concerned, RF&P's Rutherglen Hill was pretty lame. That said, it could still take the wind out of the sails of a freight train as is passed over the... (more)

After shooting battered and beaten NS and CSX power all afternoon, CSX finally came through with something worth shooting on train G884 with a matched set of ES44DC's and a fairly new set of cover... (more)

For a brief few years ore trains to Escanaba were handsomely matched sets of maroon SD45s and maroon ore cars. But in a couple days the whole WC would become a CN property, in a few years the SD45... (more)

My favorite circus train has always been the James E. Strates Shows train, mainly because it is always so colorful. During the 1970s, it always seemed that they managed to make their trips across... (more)

Central Virginia is well known for its ice storms. During the early morning hours of January 21, 1978, it rained and it froze on literally everything. By sunrise, the clouds and rain were gone a... (more)

A matched quartet of GEVO's battle Ash Hill with 6900 feet of UPS in tow.

Three high-hood Geeps, one a "torpedo boat" with air reservoirs topside, power train 555 northward across the Trading Cove trestle from Uncasville into Norwich just before 7:00 PM. Today the firs... (more)

The Ice Kingdom. With ice covering everything, a beautiful sight was 4 NSM SD40's chugging towards Silver Bay with a cold shortened train. Truly was sight to behold.

DRGW 5389 leads a trio of SDs and a load of coal eastbound near Yampa on the Craig branch.

RF&P GP35 No. 133 leads southbound intermodal train No. 175 across Quantico Creek Bridge at Quantico, VA on January 30, 1988. Work was almost complete on RF&P's new single track bridge built to r... (more)

In a scene reminiscent of the early 90's, three SOO 60's head across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis with a CP manifest for Canada.