A BNSF Z train rolls through Alma, WI along the Mississippi River heading west toward Minneapolis. This was the first of five westbounds that disturbed the peace in Alma after a day long work wind... (more)

LS&I U30Cs nos. 3000 and 3009 work a morning mine run returning from Tilden Mine to Eagle Mills, where another crew with CEFX power will take the train down to the Presque Isle ore dock. The forme... (more)

A dusty BNSF 6175 leads a couple of cleaner GEs around Monitor curve several miles west of Wenatchee, WA. The empty coal train is completing its trip from Everett as it descends through the apple ... (more)

BNSF 8411 races across Trout Creek at Trout Creek with a westbound coal train headed for Roberts Bank and export. The trackage in Montana Rail Link, but on the west end one may not see a blue unit... (more)

New loco, new sound, retro F45 style windshields, an SD70ACe-T4 rockets a unit coke train east south of Fairchild, WI. It was a 20 mile chase to catch my first photo of one of these units, and wit... (more)

UP 7631 leads a six unit consist through Brule, NE on its westbound trek from North Platte to Cheyenne, WY. This was the first more than a dozen trains spotted along highway 30 between Big Springs... (more)

A BNSF color chart was lined up as I passed through Glendive, MT. BNSF 720, a C44-9W, features the last factory delivered warbonnet scheme; BNSF 8925, an SD70MAC, features its faded factory delive... (more)

CP 6018 idles below a Red Wing, MN elevator which features the city's red wing symbol. The 6018 features the multi-mark logo on the long hood, a relatively rare sighting these days. The train is a... (more)

An lS&I mine run rolls an all rail ore train out of Tilden Mine at Palmer Junction where it is now headed to Partridge and interchange with Canadian National. This train runs to Gladstone, MI, the... (more)

It's a cold January day in 1976 and rather weird to find a Penn Central E8 parked at their 56th St. Yard in Chicago with fellow EMD power, GP7 5609 and SD40 6060. The 4064 survived the winter and ... (more)

Early carbody U30B no. 5604 grinds part of a Portland bound freight to the top of Tacoma hill with a slug set. The power will set off the block of cars, then drop back down the hill for the remain... (more)

MILW 69C, a freight F7A with a passenger pilot endures foul spring weather at St. Paul while waiting its next assignment. This unit built in July 1950 and retired in May 1978 and scrapped. This un... (more)

Class GP40, MILW 2000 and mate wait their turn for servicing at Bensenville, IL outside of Chicago. These handsome Geeps were about to be downgraded a bit with the arrival of some of the earliest ... (more)

SOO 557 sits in front of the round house at Chippewa Falls, WI. This former passenger GP9 still has its boiler stack, but gave up its Mars light and looks a bit anemic with the water tanks removed... (more)

Not sure if C&NW was practicing to become Norfolk Southern, but the business end of their SD45s look pretty impressive, even if the crew had to wrench their necks running this transfer at St. Paul... (more)