GN westbound freight with F7s 454D, 462C and 462D cross a bridge near Newport, Idaho on their way to Hillyard in Spokane.

Do you ever wonder how some rail lines seem to avoid the documentation of the railroad photographer? Denver & Rio Grande Western's Provo Canyon Branch did a remarkable job of doing just that for m... (more)

Colorful motive power consist!

overhead view of Frisco yard in Oklahoma City, OK

Winding down the canyon past some great fishing holes near Roza dam, old Rte. 97 offered a nice view of the NP across the Yakima River.

BN's southbound Nelson local has just crossed the international border along the Columbia River and is heading to its home terminal at Kettle Falls Wash.

Heading home to Manitoba I stopped at Rugby, which had a manned station at the time, and was told a westbound was coming within minutes. I took the photo and headed on my way not realizing at the ... (more)

CP 3716 takes a rest after subbing for BC Rail's Royal Hudson #2860 on an excursion from North Vancouver to Squamish and return. Or... apparently, I was once in Squamish. I do recall the chase -... (more)

This July 1971 scene shows two LRS GE 70 tonners leading a train through a residential area of Laurinburg.

BN waycar 11462 brings up the rear of the Irish Mail as it passes through Batavia, IL, on its way from Eola to West Chicago. This piece of railroad was the great granddaddy of the CB&Q, the one-t... (more)

An assortment of Western Pacific GPs idles at Keddie, California, in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. GP20 2001 is coupled to GP35 3013 and GP20 2006. In the background is the famous Keddie... (more)

Former CB&Q dome-parlor-observation Silver Tower, built for the Kansas City Zephyr, carries the markers on the northbound Abraham Lincoln as it arrives Chicago Union Station. This was a classy li... (more)

This is how the South Shore (not today's SouthShore) serviced a freight customer with a facing point switch on the freight only street trackage. Passenger service had been cutback to Bendix in th... (more)