I ran across this negative from my father's collection recently. He showed me nearly all of his slides over the years, but I haven't seen some of his B&Ws. I don't have any information on this p... (more)

The Soo Line passed under the Great Northern at Westminster Junction as well, just to the west of the Northern Pacific Tracks. In this view, my father lensed a short local traveling northbound wi... (more)

My father is standing on the bridge carrying the north leg of the Westminster Junction wye, looking south, down on the former Northern Pacific. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern contributed... (more)

The CNW came into Westminster Junction at the east end of the wye. Here, a westbound CNW train is traveling across the north leg of the wye to continue west. These former CGW SD40s have been re-... (more)

Here my father is standing on the west side of Westminster Junction in St. Paul. E9A 9990 is in an early experimental Burlington Northern paint scheme as is passes the tower with an unusual consi... (more)

I'm imagining it was pretty cold on this clear winter day in the twin cities. Here, my father is standing on the bridge carrying the east-west track at Westminster Junction (the North end of the ... (more)

Continuing our tour of Westminster Junction in the early 1970s, this view is from the north side of the junction. In an interesting configuration of trackage, two sets of double track pass under ... (more)

This is the view south from the Lafayette Road overpass in St. Paul on a blustery winter day. A Rock Island transfer disturbs the birds as it passes northbound towards Westminster Junction with s... (more)

My father made many business trips to the Twin Cities in the early 1970s and made the most of those opportunities to photograph rail operations in the metropolitan area. One of his favorite place... (more)

My father was at the exact same location of his Iron Horse Ramble 26 years laters to record this excursion with preserved Reading diesels, C630 5308 and GP30 5513. There clearly has been a lot of... (more)

From 1959 to 1964, the Reading operated a series of excursions with their T1 steam locomotives called Iron Horse Rambles. This is one of my father's photos of one of these trains running along th... (more)

Continuing the story from photo, 595404. After ME-2 completed its set-out at Bound Brook, my father and I drove to Middlesex to get a picture of ME-2 from the Mountain Avenue bridge. In an unusu... (more)

Continuing the story from photo, 594747. After NE-1 had passed, my father and I went to Bound Brook to catch the ME-2 making a set-out for the CNJ. C420 408/C420 404/GP9 301/C420 409 pull past t... (more)

Only treats from the Lehigh Valley on Halloween 1974. My dad came to my school for the Halloween parade (I was in kindergarten), and we went out to take some train pictures before trick-or-treati... (more)

Delaware-Lackawanna's recently repainted C425s are nearly done with their day after returning from NS Taylor Yard.