BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

Everyone has their heritage unit they encounter across the country. This is mine. Of all the various Class 1 units to be in special paint, this is the one I see in the viewfinder most often. To... (more)

MWCNP power heads down to it's train at West Colton.

KCS ES44AC 4699 pulls a loaded vehicle train into Thunder Bay

Built in January 1971 (53 years ago!) as Baltimore & Ohio GP40 #3755, KCS 2853 was recently converted by KCS from a GP40-3 into a GP32ECO. It sits with two other KCS geeps in the small CPKC yard i... (more)

VIA Rail's evening train no 669 to Toronto just left Montreal Central Station, passing through Pointe-Saint-Charles yard.

Privately owned stabled locomotives in Winterthur freight yard, from left to right: Former SBB diesellocomotives Bm 6/6 # 18511 and # 18510, built in 1960. Former french SNCF steamlocomotives 141 ... (more)

MEC 7655 leads EDRJ west through Pownal

Short train through Plant City.

It's just like the old days as a pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L512 East down the former EJ&E Lakefront Line in East Chicago.

Amtrak E units gather with a couple BN E9Ms at the Zephyr Pit located south of Union Station. At this time BN handled much of Amtrak's engine servicing in Chicago. Amtrak units were still using st... (more)

MILW 60A, an FP7 built as 90A in June 1950, mates with an F7A and moves away from the MILW engine terminal at Pig's Eye Yard, St. Paul. After a career of handling Hiawatha's and other MILW passeng... (more)

Light snow falls on BNSF Warbonnet 724 (Dash9) as it waits for service in the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.

The Oneida & Western "Green Train" passes through Atlanta with four matching SD40-2's built to L&N specs. Photo by Richard Thomason.

Having been probably switched in at Montreal (the morning 33 train, wich in Ottawa would turn on to 26, was a conventional LRC set), a fairly new Siemens Charger set with cab car 2308 leading, is ... (more)