A Lake Superior & Ishpeming ore run rolls a string of loads through Palmer Jct. as it heads from Tilden Mine back to Eagle Mills Yard. Later the cars will be handled down the grade to the ore dock... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr makes good time heading east at Spring Canyon on Union Pacific's former Rio Grande mainline. At this time Amtrak was adding express cars to the rear in an attempt to inc... (more)

Santa Fe Fairbanks Morse H12-44 handles switching duties at their former Archer Avenue Yard. At this point it is used to handle Amtrak passenger equipment used for Santa Fe route trains to Califor... (more)

BNSF 6039 leads an eastbound empty coal train along Denton Slough, part of Lake Pend Oreille on Montana Rail Link near Denton, east of Hope. The train is headed for Missoula for its next crew chan... (more)

BNSF 7684 heads up a mixed GE-EMD consist on a westbound manifest freight on Montana Rail Link at Helena, MT. The train is cutting in manned helpers for the climb up Mullan Pass en route to Missou... (more)

Missabe SD38-2s nos. 210 and 212 sandwich Tunnel Motor no. 410 at Proctor, MN prior to heading out on a morning run to the Duluth ore docks and waterfront. The Tunnel Motor was a second hand purch... (more)

BLE SD38 865 and SD38-2 878 sun themselves at Bessemer & Lake Erie's yard in Albion, PA. The road also was using low nose SD18s and older SDs at the time.

Penn Central power is gathered between runs at their Chicago 56th St. Yard on a cool January day a few months prior to the birth of Conrail. GP40 no. 3250 was of New York Central origins, while SD... (more)

EL SD45 no. 3603 and an SDP45 await their eastbound assignment at the locomotive servicing area at Burlington's Dayton Bluff Yard at St. Paul, MN. This late December day featured morning temps aro... (more)

CNW SD38-2s 6655 and 6659 team up on the hump at Proviso Yard, C&NW's only hump yard at Bellwood, IL on Chicago's west side. This photo was taken from the main tower. The railroad ordered 10 SD38-... (more)

UP 9633 lead a very short CN local through Eagle Mills Jct. on its return from Partridge back to Ishpeming, MI where it will do some switching and head west. During this period, the only CN unit s... (more)

MRL 402 and 403 are parked at Logan< MT in between local duties. An end loader occupies the deck of an MRL flat car, making an interesting load for those with modeling interests.

MRL 4406 and 4408 descend Evaro Hill on the outskirts of Missoula, MT with the morning gas train after making a turn from Missoula to East Thompson Falls. Most trains west of Missoula utilize BNSF... (more)

CEFX 1022 leased by Lake Superior & Ishpeming head a train through Eagle Mills Jct. en route to Tilden Mine, several miles distant. This junction along with Palmer Jct. and Empire Jct. form an X r... (more)

BNSF 8204 leads a Canadian National empty all rail ore train out of their small yard at Partridge, MI, heading to the Lake Superior & Ishpeming yard a few miles away at Eagle Mills. LS&I will hand... (more)