BN 746 a former NP F7A joins an X-GN F7B in the weeds next to a section of Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis. The pair are waiting their turn for servicing here. The healthy weed crop appears... (more)

BNSF 5692 leads a loading coal train at the North antelope mine loadout loop, while BNSF 5662 rolls a loaded train south at Converse Jct. on the Joint Line of the Powder River Basin. This location... (more)

BNSF 8944 heads up a long string of stored SD70MACs at BNSF's Donkey Creek, WY yard on the north entrance to the Powder River Basin.

Firsco Baldwin no. 234, a VO-1000, four stack version, rolls a load of Dodge Rams and some tank cars past a tower labeled "Old Union Depot Interlocking" in Kansas City, MO in March 1972.... (more)

BN 9794, a former NP FP7A, makes a move with an Amtrak F7B and another FP7 at Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The power was in use in the summer of 1973 by Amtrak to protect Empire Bui... (more)

Former GN NW2s relax outside of Harrison St. round house in Minneapolis, MN 15 months into the BN merger. Sporting GN's big sky blue color scheme, these yard goats still had a number of years of w... (more)

Former GN passenger GP9, BN 1832 now handles a different type of passenger assignment at Northtown Yard, Minneapolis. The unit was captured switching some work equipment around on the north side o... (more)

Here BN SD9 6119 gets some servicing work done alongside BN 139, an NW2 at Harrison St. roundhouse. That NW2 is nearly 20 years older than the 1958 era SD9. In 1971, both still had many miles to w... (more)

We all have our favorite loco and railroad. Mine would have to be GN 592, now BN 6119. I got acquainted with it in 1963 in Mora, MN where the crew of the Brook Park Turn stopped to give a 12 yr. o... (more)

Renumbered, but not repainted, a small group of former GN and Burlington power enjoy some summer sunlight at the former Great Northern roundhouse facilities. As the railroad completed revising Nor... (more)

The more things change, sometimes the more they stay the same. The scene here is the Burlington Northern Empire Builder waiting impatiently to get on its overnight run from Minneapolis to Fargo an... (more)

CP 8836 is a late phase freight GP9 displaying the smaller Pac Man logo under the rear radiator. The unit also features 48 in. roof fans. To the right of the 8836, Geep 8521 features a steam gener... (more)

CP 7070, an aging Baldwin DS 4-4-1000 idles at the engine facilities at CP's Pt. Coquitlam Yard.

The new and the old. CP wide vision caboose no. 434493 gets shoved around Pt. Coquitlam by a vintage Baldwin DS 4-4-1000 updated to CP's candy cane scheme. The caboose has a longer life ahead than... (more)

CNW 621, nicely repainted in the current (at the time) yellow and green scheme shows itself off in the snow at Altoona, WI yard. A careful look reveals "CGW" sub-letters under the number... (more)