NF&D 2 @ Emporia, VA || July 1972

CPR C-Liner 4104 is dead in consist as it heads east on the Laggan Sub for repairs in Calgary. The other 4 units are working hard up the 2.2% grade past Wapta Lake to the Great Divide at Stephen ... (more)

The Tidewater section of the eastbound Sportsman makes the station stop at Gordonsville. The station was unique, sitting in the middle of a wye.

Westbound local returns commuter F units to Vaudreuil

A westbound sits in front of the Golden station after hitting a slide in the Kicking Horse Canyon a couple of miles to the east.

Never the most reliable units on the roster, one of the GB&W's two remaining RS-27's has been entrusted with moving this westbound high and wide extra near Oneida.

A very unique railroad existed on Chicago's far south side. Owned by the H. Bairstow & Company, the approximately one mile long Indian Hill and Iron Range Railway served only one purpose. The rail... (more)

CNR CLC passenger unit 6705 on train 106 heads into Hamilton, ON on the 'cow path' from Hamilton West to Hamilton Junction.

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

A real oddball, Rock Island EMD AB6 is accelerating out of Chicago's La Salle Street Station with a bi-level commuter train.

During a power shortage on the Clinchfield RR in the early 70s, this C628 was leased from MK for a period of time, seen here in Erwin TN during the spring of 1971 paired with a Clinchfield B unit ... (more)

The long CITY OF NEW ORLEANS accelerates on its southbound run.

Some really nifty surprises can be found behind a railroad museum roundhouse. A good example is Rio Grande GP30 #3011, built by EMD in May 1962 and retired from service on the D&RGW in Dec. 1994. ... (more)

Virginia Blue Ridge #10 working a cut of cars at Piney River, VA in 1971.

Sitting at one of the tracks next to the old roundhouse. This unit was reborn in 1972 after many years of service as an F-7, ATSF 235, to continue a couple more decades of service.