Soo Line 807, one of ten U30Cs owned by the railroad handles some switching at Humboldt Ave. Yard, across the Mississippi from Shoreham. The Dodge cab over pick up might be more rare than the GE a... (more)

I never tire of seeing SD45s, having grown up with these C&NW behemoths. These were probably my favorite as the flares really stuck out with no dynamic brakes. Later that would cause an earlier th... (more)

Things got a little weird at C&NW's Altoona roundhouse in 1973 and 74. First, leased, then purchased N&W C628s started getting some servicing here, then Altoona became a location to do maintenance... (more)

MILW 22 leads an eastbound freight through ranch lands west of Ellensburg near Thorp, WA in the upper Yakima River valley. The train is head to Othello, WA and points east having originated in Tac... (more)

Milwaukee Road no. 997 heads up a long string of EMD power at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN.

Milwaukee Road no. 912 looks to be in pretty good shape at Winona, MN in August 1972. It was apparently assigned here at the time to handle local switching duties in town. It's parked along the ma... (more)

A race of turtles is occurring as IL 8075 gets its freight underway while Indiana Harbor Belt delivers a transfer of coal cars powered by SW1500 9205 and an older SW. Both trains are southbound al... (more)

A Saturday mid-day commuter run leaves Homewood, IL heading south after its station stop. Passengers on the left await a northbound counterpart on the former IC mainline to New Orleans out of Chic... (more)

Across the Fraser River from Boston Bar snow falls as a CP intermodal train heads west out of North Bend. Elephant style SD40-2s led by CP 5820 wait their turn to get on the head end of an outboun... (more)

Snow has let up a bit as the westbound VIA Super Continental pulls into Boston Bar, BC on CN trackage. CN MOW people have dug out access to the speeder shed and are not being deterred from keeping... (more)

A pair of VIA dome observation cars adorn the platform at the CN/VIA station in Vancouver. Passengers today will be treated to a blizzard that will close most forms of transportation and cause som... (more)

The "front" end of Ontario Northland's Northlander trainset is an FP7, no. 1985 parked at the VIA coach yard in Toronto between runs. This type of train was unique to ON in North America... (more)

An Ontario Northland Northlander trainset is parked at the VIA coach yard in Toronto between runs. This view gives away its European origins. Note the United Aircraft VIA trainset parked behind it... (more)

RDC-2 VIA 6209 heads up one of two pairs of RDCs parked at the CN/VIA roundhouse in Toronto near the CN Tower. They are accompanied by Tempo painted RS18 CN 3151 (possibly sub-lettered for VIA), a... (more)

BNSF 9322 rolls a westbound coal train over the bridge just past the west end of Tuscor siding on Montana Rail Link near Trout Creek, MT. Fog lifts off the Clark Fork in the background.