BN 1750 leads a quartet of GP9s west on the Cle Elum Turn out of Yakima, WA just east of Cle Elum. The train will exchange trains with an eastbound counterpart from Auburn, WA and the crew will re... (more)

NKP 514 shoves a flatcar and caboose out of Steamtown.

MRL 113 and 127 head west toward Paradise, MT after switching the lumber mill at St. Regis. The local will continue west to Thompson Falls and switch another mil, then head east again back to Para... (more)

MRL 113 gets fired up for a day's work handling the Paradise local, a turn that worked east to St. Regis, MT and west as far as Trout Creek, MT at the time. Geeps 113 and 127 will handle chips, lu... (more)

2391 rests silently on the Coster house track after receiving slight battery repairs the week prior.

A switching crew handles duties with SOO GP9s nos. 402 and 403 in one on their yard in Superior, WI. Although The Twin Ports were known for their Missabe and GN ore docks, Soo Line had more lines ... (more)

Two Boston & Maine EMD veterans stand by the tower in Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton Yard. GP9 1724 still works for its original owner, while GP18 1753 has been rebranded by GTI as Springfi... (more)

After pulling into–and setting off half of the 35+ CMC Ameristeel cars into Coster, 101 prepares to grab 17 remaining rebar loads off of the 'hill' before breaking down inbound interchange cars ... (more)

Power for the defunct Royal Palm Experience sits waiting disposition following the end of operations in Lake County. Quite likely the final attempt to run an excursion train in these parts.

NC&StL Nº 710 emerge around the curve at East Chattanooga as it slowly pulls the late 8:30 pm TVRM train Nº 225 Valentines Dinner Train westbound for the belt-line in East Chattanooga.

Back in 1977 it was not uncommon for BN to make light engine moves between Interbay/Seattle and Auburn yard or Tacoma. I was lucky to catch this consist led by BN 1922, a former NP GP9, with steam... (more)

Elk River Railroad's number 4, an EMD GP9 built for the N&W in 1959, sits with its windows boarded up at the shop complex in Gassaway, WV. Created in 1989 to haul coal to the AEP power plant in Av... (more)