CN 2834 leads a combined sand and oil train up Steelton hill on Duluth's southwest side over former Missabe trackage. At this point one can see the old Missabe route behind the train. The bridge o... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades service train heads north across the Ballard bridge at the Lake Washington Shipping Canal in Seattle. It will make a 30 mile run along Puget Sound to Everett before continuing n... (more)

EL 2572 makes a transfer move at Ashland Avenue yard on Chicago's south side. Somebody must have been proud of this unit as it is spotless!

GN SD9 no. 581 gets some attention at the combined washing and fueling rack in Superior, WI in late summer 1970. By now the unit is BN, but there is no indication on the unit.

CNW SD40-2 no. 6915 almost looks out of place in its own yard with all the UP power hanging around. Four years before the merger, it looks like UP already owns the operation. This unit features a ... (more)

The Cornell depot was the end of the line for the Cornell branch that followed the Chippewa River about 20 miles northeast from Chippewa Falls, WI. The station was still active with a freight agen... (more)

CNW leased and then acquired 30 Norfolk & Western Alco C-628s in 1973 due to a surge in traffic that left the railroad power short. They had not purchased a new locomotive since the SD45s, so thes... (more)

The Cornell local, a turn from Altoona to Cornell, WI has just left the mainline at Yukon Jct. in Eau Claire and is headed north to Chippewa Falls, where it will get onto the Cornell branch for a ... (more)

DWP SD40s 5907 and 5904 show off their red, white and blue near the yard office at Virginia, MN on a less than stellar June afternoon. Although readily identifiable as a CN affiliate, the scheme w... (more)

BNSF 7335 gets a move on it after meeting the Spud local at Trinidad siding. Hauling the EVESPO manifest up Trinidad grade and loop, the train will meet a westbound Q train at the next siding in Q... (more)

BNSF 6147 leads a northbound CN freight toward Pokegama Yard at Ambridge, WI on the former Missabe Interstate Branch, now part of CN's mainline between Duluth-Superior and Chicago. This is near th... (more)

CN 2976 arrives at Proctor Yard with a manifest freight coming off the Interstate Branch from Pokegama, WI. This location is east of the Adolph junction and is where the scale track is or was for ... (more)

CN 5141 and 5198 wait with three other SD40s at Boston Bar, BC for their next assignment.

The Coast Starlight glides along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, south of Tacoma, WA on a sunny April day. Amtrak continues to use this route after their December 2017 derailment of a Cascades service ... (more)

BNSF 3900 gets a wave from Eddy the snowman as it enters the causeway near Trout Creek, MT with an eastbound grain train. Eddy's ready to celebrate the Super Bowl later this day. Unfortunately rai... (more)