During the Nineties, the GTW increasingly took on the appearance of its parent, the Canadian National, as CN power led more and more trains across Michigan.

It's been a long climb up from Belen and the Rio Grande river crossing, but three GP60Ms and a GP35 will soon be able to breathe easier, reaching the top of the grade at Mountainair.

One of the thirty-eights purchased second-hand from the Rock now leads an empty coal train over the top of Bancroft Hill (the westbound ruling grade) in its proper GTW livery. Compare with pictur... (more)

As the GTW absorbed the DT&I and then the CN swallowed the identity of the GTW, this is what happened to some of the former DT&I locomotives. Compare to picture 215454 (DT&I 413) or picture 21958... (more)

Warbonnets screaming westward with intermodal traffic! And if you miss one, there's bound to be another along soon. The "Transcon" was/is a railfan's paradise.

Ridge Road in western Wayne county offered an easier alternative to the morning suburban rush congestion AND, often, a good look at CSX and Soo/CP traffic. Nice way to start the work day!

Plymouth Junction got kinda crowded sometimes, so this eastbound CP has to wait its turn. Containers on this run were loaded singly in order to fit through the Detroit River Tunnels, not yet enla... (more)

In the flatlands of the Midwest, where roads typically follow straight lines and grids, even a slight curve provides a scenic rarity. This one at Oak Harbor even offers the chance for a fly-over ... (more)

I never quite understood the decision to paint "Conrail Quality" on CR locomotives -- it's a marketing slogan, not a corporate identity -- but the extra white on the blue was most welcome (even in... (more)

It's already been a long and snowy journey from Elkhart by the looks of the pilot of this locomotive.

The Dash-7 GEs were becoming fewer and farther between at this date, but 6621 wheels a hot train eastward on a very cold day.

This freshly painted UP unit -- why is it headed east on Conrail? -- provides the sole power to lift 97 empty coil-steel gons and flats out of the Maumee river valley and toward Lorain and Clevela... (more)

Six geeps huddle under the sand tower as the temps hover near zero (F). The first two in line are former DT&I, as denoted by the prefix "6" in the road number and the tell-tale patch replacing th... (more)

Only 5000 hp on a unit coal train, albeit empty? The GTW enjoyed a relatively flat profile, so this was no problem. The ruling grade, Bancroft hill, is about three miles on down the line.

Once upon a time, Grand Trunk Western geeps ran on their OWN rails, not in Dubuque or Vicksburg (MS). On such an occasion, this pair was returning to their train past the station in this southwes... (more)