An empty oil train heads east along the Missouri River east of Toston, MT on Montana Rail Link powered by a mix of BNSF and MRL power. This area is near the beginning of Lombard Canyon at a fish h... (more)

Oakway SD60 leads a coal train east on Conrail's former NYC mainline east of BurnsHarbor, IN. This train would have been received off the BN in Chicago.

Penn Central GP40 3114 leads a caboose hop under the Rock Island overpass at Blue Island, IL on Chicago's south side. The hop is likely headed to one of several major yards connecting with western... (more)

Reading Alco C630 no. 5301 (nee CR 6754) is joined in a short deadline by C430 CR2048 at Collinwood, OH. These were inherited by Conrail when its inception included absorbing several bankrupt rail... (more)

Rock Island GP40 no. 343 lead a group of RI power at their engine facility at Inver Grove Heights, MN near St. Paul. As seen third unit back, the maroon scheme was giving way to red, much like the... (more)

GN 181, a rare NW3 locomotive now lives on displayed at Whitefish, MT. GN owned 10 of the 13 built. This one was built in March 1942, rated at 1000 hp and could be found in switching, local freigh... (more)

GN 679 and 680 were the road's only two passenger GP9s and were delivered with boilers, torpedo tube air tanks, and larger than normal water/fuel tanks. They operated in all three of GN's color sc... (more)

The Mission City turn from Pt. Coquitlam near Vancouver, BC handles switching chores in fresh snow at Mission. Service is getting back to normal after a weekend blizzard that shutdown roads, airpo... (more)

CNW SD40 879 is joined by SD40-2 6885, a pair of SD18s and a GP7 at Itasca Yard on Superior, Wisconsin's east end. This was CNW's northern most terminal (outside of upper Michigan) and a major con... (more)

CP caboose 434640 kicks up the snow as a westbound freight storms through Yale, BC in near blizzard conditions. The train is transitioning from the Fraser Canyon to the lower Fraser Valley on its ... (more)

CN 4147 shows off its new color scheme at North Kamloops, BC in August 1975. The unit appears to be a later model Geep, featuring a large winter hatch which would cover a single 48 inch fan rather... (more)

MRL 4406 leads the eastbound morning gas train over the 10th Subdivision east of Paradise, MT along the Flathead River. The train is returning from the Thompson Falls area to Missoula.

BNSF 7638 rolls a stack train eastbound through Chumstick Canyon near Leavenworth, WA. This Labor Day weekend sunlight has now been replaced by snow.

CP 8797 glides downgrade as its train rolls east off of Crowsnest Pass on a beautiful fall day.

CP 8797's train finishes its climb up Crowsnest Pass as it rolls along Summit Lake in beautiful fall colors. A BNSF Dash 9 splits the CP power.