BNSF 1001 leading a westbound stack train waits for a signal to clear at Edmonds, WA before completing its trip along Puget Sound from Everett to Seattle. Edmonds was and may still be a bottle nec... (more)

A BNSF manifest freight rolls west exiting Abo Canyon with a quartet of BN power none of which had been renumbered at this time. The Cascade green contrasts nicely with the New Mexico desert.

MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)

MILW 164 round the curved Mine Creek Trestle on its climb up Snoqualmie Pass with an eastbound dead freight, using a mix of SD40-2s and SD10s in this formerly electrified area.

MILW 164 rolls a dead freight east on Pacific Coast Ry. (BN) trackage along the Cedar River between Renton and Maple Valley, WA as it heads its dead freight toward the climb up Snoqualmie Pass.

MILW U36C no. 5802 handles a set out and pick up at Milwaukees's yard at Black River Jct. Here the train is using Pacific Coast trackage as a yard lead as it passes by the BN owned tower that prto... (more)

MILW SW1200 no. 630 trundles by new MP15AC as it s crew handles chores in their Seattle yard. Traffic to and from local industries as well as interchange with BN/UP and Puget Sound barge traffic f... (more)

New MP15ACs arrived in Seattle to help Milwaukee Road locomotive reliability during its last few years out West. Nos. 475 and 471 are shown at their Seattle yard in the SODO district south of down... (more)

MLW C424 CP 4203 and mate are at the Thunder Bay, ON locomotive facility in August 1976. These two units could use a wash job

MLW M636s CP 4711 and 4718 await their assignment at Thunder Bay, ON in August 1976. the units look good in their Action Red "candy cane" scheme.

A pair of FP7s enjoy an afternoon rain shower at CP's coach yard on the south side of downtown Vancouver. The pair will likely handle this afternoon's departure of the eastbound Canadian. During t... (more)

MLW S-4 switcher no. 7113 leads a block of mixed freight through trackage in CP's waterfront yard along the Burrard Inlet below downtown Vancouver on a rainy June 1976 day. The Action Red scheme s... (more)

CP 8835 leads the Sumas Turn east on the CP mainline near Mission City, BC where it will turn south and head for the US border and interchange with BN. This Geep-F-Geep consist was common in 1976.

CP 5613 and 5583 roll east toward Mission City with a short freight out of Coquitlam Yard. The train is not far west of Mission and the units show off their "candy cane" scheme a year o... (more)

MILW 164 leads a mix of SD40-2s and SD10s on a dead freight east as the train eases through downtown street running trackage through Renton, WA. The first leg of the trip east used Pacific Coast R... (more)