The CNW lines in western SD were powered by a large group of GP35's for quite a few years. Near the end of the 35's reign I shot this westbound departing Rapid City. Power was 861, 862, 4531, 852,... (more)

CN 5202,5028 get an early morning train 336 underway at Thunder Bay.

With an added UP "Fast Forty" Amtrak train 5 the San Francisco Zephyr screams past a UP freight that is having power problems at Rock Springs. It had been a very cloudy, wind swept stormy day alon... (more)

NP 6702C leads train 2 at Jamestown. ND. Lots of head- end traffic on train 2. This photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed.

Soo train 912 makes its way east through Gulliver with 110 cars. Power on this fall day was 781, 769, 400, and 4432. Normally 912 rated a pair of units of the SD40/SD40-2 variety, but on this day ... (more)

Although action was fairly heavy all day at Grand Crossing the evening always seemed to be busiest. In short order on the Milwaukee side westbound you could see Amt. 7, the Milw. Ford train(think... (more)

AMT train 7 with 247,251,252 passes the Grand Crossing tower and heads for its station stop at La Crosse. Grand Crossing was a fine spot to spend a day train watching/photographing back in the 70'... (more)

The westbound RGZ departs Grand Junction with the usual power of 5771,5762,and 5763 along with 8 cars. A great looking train!

CP train 923 with 4708 and 4219 pass through a cut west of Zorra. The big M's were nearing the end of their career on CP. They were retired by the end of the year. Replaced with leased EMD's the b... (more)

A recently painted GP30 leads a pair of Ex BN SD's, 6543, 6504 as they head up train 34 a mile or so east of Kinross.

BN and Soo were the shinning stars of mid-west railroading in the 70's, most of the other lines were suffering through losses of traffic, bankruptcy, and massive abandonment. BN presented a rather... (more)

Milw 197,186 speed 52 cars on an early morning eastbound past the small yard and station in Sparta.

Late running train 911, after being stuck with local work at Trout Lake and heading for a meet with a tardy eastbound extra at Gilchrist makes short work of the snow and cold as it rips through Ga... (more)

A train that I probably wouldn't have bothered with five years earlier was this westbound. Clouds were filling the sky, but by late 1979 the handwriting was on the wall for the Soo F-unit fleet. Q... (more)

Soo train 912 with 747,750 and 50 cars is about 8 miles out of its destination of Soo Yard. At that point either a CPR or Soo switch crew will move the cars bound for CPR across the I-Bridge into ... (more)