CNW 4467 brings the Eden Turn thru West Bend, WI in March of 1988. The train is on the CNW Air Line. The FRVR would acquire this line later in the year. The WC took over in 1993 and abandoned the ... (more)

57 V:2 is now back on the Frostproof Spur with pilot stipes and more appropriate number boards for the heritage of the region. It will replace GP9 #60 which will be heading to Ocala. Train is se... (more)

Interested in trackside living? I know a place. Gentrification in Chattanooga's downtown area has gone from a welcomed breath of life into once blighted areas of downtown (Main Street in particula... (more)

#55 was set aside in the fall of 2013 for repaint, but business required it to hit the road unrepainted. A "few weeks" became a full year as it went into late 2014 this way. Newer arri... (more)

The two GP7 are back together again. #57 now sports pilot stripes and a more conventional set of number boards.

RF&P 101 and DGVR 5940 idle in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard in Staunton, Virginia while a decently sized photo line grabs some photos.

Former C&O unit in the Evans-era color scheme has a nice rhinoplasty and has been set out for some reason.

The Conway Valley excursion train boards passengers at the 1874 North Conway station before departing south. Engine 573 was built in 1950 for Maine Central and was acquired by the CSR railroad in ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

CNW 4138 leads short a freight past one of their unique semaphores at St. Francis, WI in September of 1986.

A GP7 is on display at the ACWR's facility in Candor.

Here is a view of the shorthand, rear of BN 1540, coupled to a vintage tank car used in maintenance service to carry water. They are enjoying light snow at the former GN Belknap Yard in Superior t... (more)

BN 1540, a former GN GP7 that made it to the merger in its original colors, hangs out in light snow at Belknap Yard in Superior, WI. The former GN yard was an important terminal for BN and is stil... (more)

UP GP7 no. 104 appears freshly repainted in the "We Can Handle It" slogan era of the 1970s at Albina Yard, Portland. These venerable Geeps were sometimes equipped with large snowplows fo... (more)

BN 1553, former GN 653, was built in March 1953 and sits at Harrison St., Minneapolis, between assignments in GN's simplified scheme. The loco operated longhand front, and featured a small snowplo... (more)