It's nearly sunset as CP train 503 passes through Lansing being lead by 4715 and 4705. The CPR Detroit-Chicago trackage rights trains on CSX were probably the last place in the USA where big Alco/... (more)

After the Soo/Milwaukee Road combination the Soo found itself with a much larger fleet of power...some of which it had no interest in retaining. This photo at Shoreham pretty much says it all as a... (more)

The sun is barely up as an early morning ore load works east at West Gladstone with 6888,6847,6835 leading the way.

The LS&I 3PM yard job works its way into the joint LS&I/CNW/Soo Line yard at Ishpeming with 15 cars of general freight/mine supplies. Gators 2400,2405, and 2401 darken the sky in fine Alco traditi... (more)

A fairly heavy train 12 with 75 cars powers up as it departs Trout Lake with 146 and 411 leading the way at 9:05PM. Summer in Upper Michigan allows for some late photos as the sun doesn't set unti... (more)

A couple of ex Milwaukee GP38-2's are spliced by Soo fuel tender 4001 at La Crescent.

Soo 4232 and 711 are being prepared for another day of working the paper mills around the Wisconsin Rapids area.

6543 scoots east with a short 6 car train. If you look close you can see a couple of logs ready to unload off the first car. Over the years I became pretty vigilant about looking the first few car... (more)

A very short train heads for Wisconsin Rapids on Milwaukee track north of Necedah. CNW 4307, 927, 6864 has 2 cars and a caboose flying right along on the rebuilt Milwaukee Valley Line. The 4307 is... (more)

Soo 4407,4409 have 28 cars in tow as they start to depart Marquette bound for Trout Lake. Big changes were on the horizon within the next few years in Upper Michigan railroading but on this day th... (more)

Only a month or so from retirement RS-2 4001 rests in company of another "short timer" on the BN roster. No photographer information on slide and its my guess about it being at Vancouver due to th... (more)

BN 4366, 6425, 4368 and 2531 lead an Inside Gateway train in the Feather River Canyon in this shot from my collection. There is no town listed on the slide. I either traded for or bought this slid... (more)

A pair of BN U-boats work the yard in Edgemont. We even have a caboose in the shot along with what appears to be a 4 or 5 person crew.

While most Soo GP7's and GP9's soldiered on in there as built configuration until retirement a handful that had been involved in accidents received low noses. Some of them actually received kits f... (more)

After spending the day working the yard job in St. Johnsbury the 8403 has tied up for the night at the small engine facility. I took a trip to Northern New England in May of 1981 but found train a... (more)