VIA train 55, the Montreal-Toronto Bonaventure, leaves Montreal Island on its way west behind an FPA-4/F9B/RS18 lashup.

VIA was still a few years in the future when this A-B set of classic MLW cab units led a Canadian National Ottawa-Montreal train into the station at suburban Dorval, Quebec.

The westbound California Zephyr arriving at the Oroville depot on September 19, 1969. No photohrapher listed on slide.

Boarding passengers await as VIA's afternoon nonstop TurboTrain run between Montreal and Toronto slows for the pickup at suburban Dorval, Quebec. From here the speedy train would make no further p... (more)

The eastbound Canadian makes special stop at Field, BC after discovering it was low on fuel. Freights line up while the flagship train gets refueled.

The more things change, sometimes the more they stay the same. The scene here is the Burlington Northern Empire Builder waiting impatiently to get on its overnight run from Minneapolis to Fargo an... (more)

A trio of Southern Railway E8As lead the railway’s flagship train, the Southern Crescent, as it makes its way from New Orleans LA to Washington DC. Train 2 is seen at the passenger stati... (more)

The Crescent arrives at Tuscaloosa, AL station.

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight pauses at the distinctive Tacoma Union Station on the last lap of its long journey from Los Angeles to Seattle. Note the steam generator car behind the F40s. At... (more)

At the end of its 2206-mile journey from Chicago, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder arrives at Seattle's King Street Station behind an unusual combination of three nearly new F40s and two E-units.... (more)

The Canadian accelerates west away from Mission City on its last lap into Vancouver on a snowless February morning. Today's train is pulled by a pair of Geeps and is deadheading an official car ah... (more)

One of Amtrak's two Bombardier LRC locomotives poses at South Station in Boston before departing for New Haven on train 153, the Beacon Hill. The year-long LRC lease did not lead to any US sales b... (more)

Waiting passengers watch the arrival of Canadian National train 15, the Halifax-Montreal Ocean, at Moncton, NB. Four diesels led by a classic MLW FPA4 cab unit front the lengthy summer consist of ... (more)

The northbound Palmetto was a sure-fire catch every morning on a line that didn't have a lot of daytime freight or passenger traffic other than a couple locals operated out of Bennett Yard. Don't... (more)

A late afternoon, thirteen car passenger train bound for Toronto, lead by an FPA-4, F9B and a GP-9, approaches the Decourcelle Street crossing in the St. Henri District. Decourcelle was the east ... (more)