WC 1236 & 1231 are paired up for heavy yard switching at Wisconsin Central's North Fond Du Lac Yard. This yard was the largest on the WC and classified trains coming from throughout their system f... (more)

Sometimes DPU's face the right way, sometimes not. In this case given the orange & green I think of these units as following Great Northern Railway's tradition of running their road switchers long... (more)

BN 972500 sits in Skykomish, WA awaiting the next call to clear snow on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline. Snow volume and traffic density will determine if the machine will be called to duty. This uni... (more)

SP 5100, a GE 70 tonner, was built in March 1949 and is seen here outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR. The railroad originally acquired about 20 of these switch engines from Ge... (more)

CFNW 106 & CSCD 1001 make a light engine move after arriving in Wenatchee with traffic generated on their former Great Northern Ry Oroville Branch. Rail America was acquired by Geneses & Wyoming i... (more)

MILW 579 enjoys some winter sun before crews put it to work on a turn to Winona, MN. Milwaukee's Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls branch generated a lot of traffic and rated 6 day a week service in the l... (more)

A Chessie System eastbound freight led by B&O 4140, an early GP40-2, built in October 1972, pauses at New Castle, PA behind a Safety Special led by C&O steam locomotive 614 (not shown). I visited ... (more)

CP 8709 leads its train east on home rails above the Thompson River and CN mainline east of Lytton, BC near Skihist Provincial Park. In the background Rainbow Canyon intersects with White Canyon. ... (more)

CN 8846 leads an eastbound freight over CP trackage above the Thompson River near Skihist Provincial Park and across from CN's own mainline in White Canyon. The two railroads share both lines with... (more)

BN 6603, former GN 430, operates Great Northern longhood first, handling train 3, once known as the "Pacific Zip" through Rock Island, WA on the last lap into Wenatchee where it will rec... (more)

Three month old ATSF 824 & mate slow an eastbound run-through freight at their junction with Conrail on Stretor's south side. The train operated between Argentine Yard, Kansas City to Conrail's El... (more)

GMO 103A heads up Amtrak's State House passenger train at Joliet, IL in May 1974. The venerable E7 was among the oldest of hand me down locos put into service on Amtrak at the May 1971 start up. H... (more)

CN 9820 leads a heavy freight south at Murry Siding located between Exeland and Ladysmith, WI on the Superior-Chicago mainline through the state. It is passing a northbound freight and was the sec... (more)

NS 3638 and mate bring up the rear of a loaded coal train headed toward Bluefield, VA/WV. Operating as manned helpers, they are crossing the Bluestone National Scenic River at Mill Creek, WV, near... (more)

Amtrak train no. 8, The Empire Builder, rolls eastward along the Mississippi River at Weaver siding, southeast of Wabasha, MN. Seaman's Charger 305 heads up the train with a GE Genesis unit traili... (more)