Amtrak's Arrowhead from Duluth-Superior crosses the Mississippi River on the former NP bridge north of the Minneapolis station behind E8 no. 332. This unit was CB&Q 9940B, then BN 9933 before Amtr... (more)

BNSF 7640 leads an eastbound empty oil train across the causeway along the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT on Montana Rail Link during a sun break on an otherwise cloudy and rainy weekend.

CP 8797 makes a tight turn on the climb up Crowsnest Pass at Corbin Road. The eastbound freight is about to make an assault on the final climb up the grade to the top of the pass.

BNSF 8464 eases an eastbound empty coal train off Stevens Pass at Merritt, WA near the wye track used to store work equipment and turn snowplows. The train's crew got on board in Everett and will ... (more)

MRL 4308 and 4312 ease the Laurel-Missoula manifest around a tight curve along the Missouri River near Lombard, MT in the heart of Lombard Canyon. This is one of the few daily trains that actually... (more)

BNSF 5946 gets a wave from Eddy the snowman at the causeway near Trout Creek, MT. The westbound coal train did not bother to stop and party with Eddy, whose life span was likely to be cut short wi... (more)

BNSF 8491 leads a westbound coal train onto the causeway west of Trout Creek, MT in light rain and fog. The Montana Rail Link train is headed to Hauser, ID to interchange with BNSF.

WC 713, a former Soo Line GP30 featuring Alco AAR trucks, runs long hood front with a local freight on the Spencer-Ashland, WI line that branches off the mainline at Spencer. It appears the train ... (more)

CP 5845 makes good time with a westbound grain train along the Fraser River at Spuzzum, BC in spite of fairly heavy snowfall from a US Presidents" Day weekend storm in southwest BC.

A train led by CP 5602 has stopped at the Mission City depot after leaving Coquitlam Yard. The crew stopped into the depot and are likely consulting with the station agent and dispatcher about wea... (more)

CNW 974 is in the round house at Altoona, WI for servicing in January 1974. The SD45 pretty much took up the whole stall compared to older Geeps and F units as well as smaller steam locomotives th... (more)

CN 5599 a GP38-2W was unique to CN when delivered. The unit could be found in local and secondary freight service and is shown here at North Kamloops in the company of a GP9 under old steam era wa... (more)

In April 1974 U23B 6329 leads a U28C and U30CG west through Joliet with a mostly intermodal hotshot. The latter two units had been built for passenger service prior to Amtrak's takeover of those t... (more)

In our Bicentennial summer Amtrak still used the Minneapolis Great Northern station for its stop. It is visible in the background as the North Coast Hiawatha departs across the Mississippi River o... (more)

BNSF rolls a grain train west over the causeway along the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT in fluctuating weather conditions. A sun break brightens up the train in otherwise stormy conditions.