Shades of red at St. Paul. The important CP locomotive shop at Pigs Eye Yard in St. Paul is always a place to find interesting power. This view features a rare "clam shell" Action Red SD... (more)

BNSF 6582 races a Z train west through Alma, WI along the shores of the Mississippi River on a fast trip from Chicago to the Twin Cities.

An eastbound freight make good time through a series of four tunnels just west of Lyle, WA as it progresses from Vancouver, WA to Pasco on the former SP&S mainline.

A westbound coal train led by BNSF 9033, an SD70ACe and including a CN GE in the consist rolls a loaded coal train toward Columbus, MT west of Park City.

A Boeing J train rolls west around a curve on Montana Rail Link in the Bearmouth area west of Drummond, MT. These trains are designed to keep the Boeing Renton, WA plant supplied on a timely basis... (more)

A colorful line up of power next to the former GN run-through locomotive servicing shed at Harrison St. in Minneapolis includes a former GN GP35, one of the first BN delivered GP38s, and a sky blu... (more)

Former NP U33C no. BN 5721 catches some sunlight at Minneapolis in the company of a former GN SW1500. Both units were among the newest power acquired by the predecessors to BN. Note the water towe... (more)

BN 9850, a former GN SDP40, finds new work for new owner BN at Minneapolis on a drizzly spring day in 1973. Snatched from passenger service with the advent of Amtrak in 1971, the SDP40s served in ... (more)

BN 608, a former Great Nothern freight F7A, sits in the back storage area in the company of a couple other X-GN & NP Fs at Dale Street Shops. The shop was a major repair shop for Great Northern fo... (more)

BN 6102 and GN 679, one of two passenger GP9s owned by Great Northern, wait for their crew at Superior, WI before going on an afternoon assignment. In September 1970 it was still possible to see n... (more)

BN 6102 shows off its ore dust at the Superior roundhouse as the vintage SD9 waits for its engineer to walk by and climb aboard the attached Geep. Time to go to work on another ore transfer job mo... (more)

The eastbound Canadian tops Kicking Horse Pass after leaving Field, and will soon make a stop at Lake Louise, AB before continuing to Banff and Calgary.

The eastbound Canadian makes special stop at Field, BC after discovering it was low on fuel. Freights line up while the flagship train gets refueled.

The Canadian makes its station stop at Thunder Bay on its trip west across the continent. Passengers have enjoyed a morning ride along the shores of Lake Superior, and will soon head west into the... (more)

CP Candy cane striped SD40-2 no. 5825 crawls down Katz siding in the Fraser Canyon near Hope as the train prepares for a meet with eastbound traffic. Limits on use of chemicals have caused grain a... (more)