On this day PT-97 is led by a matching consist of "corporate" painted units. The five units are bringing a unit train of grain loads west from the NS interchange at Portland. The last remnants of ... (more)

Great Western's job from Shaunavon to Assiniboia rolls east at Aneroid, paralleling an empty highway only filled with a car of railfans and grain trucks hauling the harvest to nearby elevators. T... (more)

Great Western's eastbound run from Shaunavon to Assiniboia passes through the vast prairie, the only other bisection being the well maintained grid roads.

A trio of GWRS M420s prepare to blast off from Ponteix after picking up a few grain loads. I just needed Rush's Tom Sawyer blaring on the radio to complete this classic Canadian scene.

A local freight dependent on the harvest meets a combine out in the fields near Admiral, SK. The opportunities for the MLWs to meet their farm equipment cousins is limited, as they are not prefer... (more)

Vintage MLW and GM products pass each other in a field outside of Woodrow, SK. The Great Western Railway's turn from Shaunavon to Assinoboia heads east with grain loads and frak sand empties behi... (more)

A proud trio of Great Western Railway M420Ws near Aneroid, SK journey east from Shaunavon to Assiniboia. As Mike Derrick said in his view from Woodrow, the MLWs are in their last days on the Great... (more)

Only on the DL...
Delaware-Lackawanna PT-97 arrives in Scranton moments before sunset with four MLW/ALCOs in charge. In the year 2016, only the D-L can assembly a consist that inclu... (more)

Delaware-Lackawanna PT-97 heads west toward Scranton with a lengthy train in tow. A cut of grain empties from Pocono Summit had filled out the consist. It appeared that not a lot of fans were ou... (more)

Delaware-Lackawanna PT-97 enters the siding at Tobyhanna to switch Keystone Propane. This customer is typically switched on the eastbound run to Slateford Junction but on this day the crew will w... (more)

Echoing the numerous trips I made with my father, my son and I travelled to Scranton to chase the Alcos of the Delaware Lackawanna. In a scene my father would no doubt have loved, a long PT-98 th... (more)

With the news of the railway placing its entire fleet of MLW M420's up for sale, time is running out for fans to catch these beasts roaming the prairies of Saskatchewan. Great Western Railway 2000... (more)

A former Iowa Interstate M420 sits beside the engine house on a sunny afternoon. This unit is painted in NYO&W colors.

One of two models that started the wide-nosed movement, CN M420 2577 is combined with a trio of B&M and CV GP9's for a lashup that includes four unique paint schemes. 2577 is actually the trailing... (more)