BN 5747 and C&S 903 eastbound at Grand Crossing with 54 cars of TOFC/COFC at 14:30 on Sept. 22, 1979. The train is swinging around the west side of North La Crosse yard on what probably was the ol... (more)

CNW painted a few units in the C628 fleet during the winter of 1981/82. Some of them were definitely in need of new paint and it made for some good photos until the rigors of ore service and the h... (more)

Bought by the CNW only a few days earlier, a pair of Ex N&W C628's, as yet not re-lettered or renumbered lead a train at Rice Lake. Power on this train consisted of N&W 1119, 1106 and CNW 936, one... (more)

Wyeville was aptly named with a crossing of CNW lines and a connecting wye in in nearly every direction. CNW 913 leads CR 6430 and 135 cars around the bend from the Adams line onto the Twin Cities... (more)

After a washout north of Lake Superior the CP detoured a number of trains that had been in the area of Sudbury over the Sault Ste. Marie branch and then WC from Sault Ste. Marie-Neenah-Minneapolis... (more)

WC 6527, 6530, 1232, 589 wheel west around a sharp curve into low evening light with train 34. Train 34 normally departed Sault Ste. Marie in the 4-5PM time slot and in the summer could be followe... (more)

CNW coal loads at St. Paul with 6901, 7006, 8032. The CNW had seeming gotten their act together by this date and it was reflected by the SD50/60 purchases and much more coal business along with be... (more)

Coal loads roll east near the small town of Lost Springs. Power on this warm August morning was 7325, 8159, 8199 and they were growling right along, with what seemed to be a fair portion of the Po... (more)

CP seemed to have a unit or two assigned to every division point across the Northern Ontario corridor. This SW8 was normally found in the area and looked pretty clean for a yard goat that probably... (more)

BN 4254, 6435, 6489 make their way along what I would guess is WP territory in early 1971. No photographer or location listed on slide. It has been in my collection for years.

The CPR always seemed to be in a perpetual power shortage for as far back as I can remember. It was probably due to the harsh winter's and yearly avalanche of grain movements that seemed to chew t... (more)

A late evening sun highlights the B&LE 909 and DM&IR 408 as they lead a T-bird load near the end of a beautiful day on the range.

BN 2512, 2535, 2530, 4365 lead an inside gateway train on WP rails. BN assigned some rather problematic power to these jobs for the longest time, probably much to the chagrin of the WP crews and s... (more)

A grimy PC GP30 sits at Morrisville. Slide has been in my collection, it has no photographer information on it.

WC 6534 and 585 power train 34 west of Trout Lake with 31 cars. It was a common sight in Upper Michigan to see SD45's and SDL39's all through the WC era.