During Amtrak's first year one highlight was the tour of the United Aircraft Turbo Train across the country. I was able to catch it during its evening open house at Minneapolis. It had arrived fro... (more)
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)
A CP switch run handled by a pair of SW1200RSs rolls by CN 4406 which heads up the Sioux Lookout Mixed which is about to depart CN's former Port Arthur station in eastern Thunder Bay. The train wi... (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 8159 leads an eastbound intermodal train onto double track at MP 18 in Edmonds, WA on its ways between Seattle and the climb over Stevens Pass for the trip to Chicago. BNSF has graded between E... (more)