CP 5808 leads a quintet of SD40-2s west out of Field, BC headed for Kicking Horse Canyon and Golden, BC. Action red could brightened up even the darkest of days.

Apparently my friend Tim Repp and I interrupted an Elks Club meeting at Field, BC while waiting for the "Canadian" to leave town. A heard of elk showed up and this cow was a little bit p... (more)

Welcome to the Fraser Canyon. This was my first photo taken on my first trip to the Fraser in August 1975. Being from the US Midwest, this was quite an impressive change of venue. The empty coal t... (more)

CNW 5088 leads another GP50 and a GP15-1 on an eastbound freight entering Altoona Yard. The rear of the train is still in Eau Claire. on this wintery January day.

CNW 947 and mate 947 sit near the sand tower at Western Avenue yard in St. Paul, MN. This location is one of approximately 13 yards around the Twin Cities that CNW once operated due to its acquisi... (more)

CNW 205, a former Chicago Great Western F3A is mated up with an F3B, F7B and a GP9 at the sanding tower in Oelwein, IA. The consist is being readied for an assignment handling a train of the forme... (more)

BNSF 9322 leads a train load of coal west near Hope, ID in rather dismal wintery weather, just warm enough for drizzle. The train is on Montana Rail Link about a half hour east of its Sand Point j... (more)

BNSF Dash 9 no. 4432 adds a nice splash of orange to the beautiful fall scenery along the Flathead River near Perma, MT. The unit is serving as a DPU on an eastbound empty grain shuttle head ed up... (more)

There was probably never a more cheerful color scheme than CP Rail's Action Red, whether the original candy cane as on unit 5828 or the slightly simplified one as on the two trailing units. The sc... (more)

Baldwin DS4-4-1000 switcher CP 7069 handles switching duties in their waterfront yard at Vancouver, BC. This area was generally home to Baldwin switchers over the years on CP.

One of North America's most beautiful trains, The Canadian in CP Rail colors starts its trip out of Vancouver, BC with Riding Mountain Park bringing up the markers. The CP station is on Vancouver'... (more)

MILW 548, one of only six H166-66 FMs acquired by the railroad catches some glint at St. Paul, MN. It seemed there was always one or two of these hanging around Pigs Eye for switching and transfer... (more)

MILW 409 sits at Bensenville, IL behind the MILW roundhouse. It is being cannibalized to keep a few remaining FMs alive. Both Milwaukee and C&NW were supporters of the Beloit, WI based Fairbanks M... (more)

MILW Geeps get at least a partial wash job at Bensenville, IL shops near Chicago, IL. These non-dynamic brake GP9s tended to be assigned in the Midwest, while dynamic brake equipped ones were more... (more)

A rare loco on the C&NW, CNW 1198 and 1199 were the only two units of this type acquired by C&NW. The 1198 is shown at Proviso Yard near Chicago at the locomotive servicing facilities. These two u... (more)