Hustle Muscle was the second unit and one of the CB&Q pre-merger unit was the third.

Ex GN 666 rests at Vancouver in this shot from my collection. No photographer listed on slide.

A sharp looking GN passenger train lead by a rare restored NW-5 was assembled for a railfan weekend sponsored by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, coordinated by Steve Glischinski.

After another day full of various excursion runs between Duluth and different points along the North Shore of Lake Superior, NSSR workers move cars around in the yard at the Depot getting ready fo... (more)

The Great Northern NW2 switching in Seattle was wearing the Big Sky Blue color scheme.

An F9 leads an A-B-A set as train 25, NORTH COAST LIMITED, arrives in Seattle.

Hustle Muscle at Mpls Jct. On the property with permission.

No shortage of interesting things to look at as a former GN NW5 trundles past an old ore boat, with the bridge at the entrance of Duluth's harbor towering in the background.

How do you photograph your own train along scenic Puget Sound? Well, you lean out of the dutch door as far as you can and capture this image of round-end Great Northern Train 358's Observation/l... (more)

Here is a shot of GN Trains 357 - 358 (operating between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.) passing near Bellingham, Wash, after stopping to exchange border customs inspectors. Round-end Obs cars on b... (more)

Waiting for the next cold winter at the roundhouse in clean fresh Big Sky Blue paint.

South of King Street Station.

Deep in the heart of the Palouse, half-hidden in the depths in the canyon formed by the region's namesake river, is this little gem: A wooden boxed-in Howe truss, the only one of its kind remainin... (more)

After 3 1/2 years of work, the former Great Northern NW5 #192 was nearly completely rebuilt engine wise. June 6th, 2011 was the first time she was moved under load in nearly 4 years, and will take... (more)