CNW 6905 is about to duck under Hwy 13/151 near Bertram, IA, just east of Cedar Rapids, on a nice Fall day in October of 1989.
CNW 8023 with Conrail 6212 leads an American President Lines double-stacker out of the crew change point of Fremont, NE. It was one week later that C&NW was merged into UP, although C&NW run-throu... (more)
SW600 No. 1280 is seen in fresh yellow and green paint at Trego, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Great Northern acquired the unit as a parts source for the Mark Twain Zephyr, currently under restoratio... (more)
What one would think is 2 ore trains meeting in the UP of Michigan, is actually a meet at Rock siding on CNW's Adams Line in southern Wisconsin. These seasonal ore trains would run from Duluth/Sup... (more)
End of an era. DC power is still king in 1994. The transition is about to take place. Dash 9's a Dash 8 and a SD60M power up the grade with a loaded coal train. In the coal fields of Wyoming. (T... (more)
CNW 6847 and several of IRM's other diesels sit during the Diesel Days 2021 event.
CNW GP40 5500 leads train PRGBA across the Manitowoc River in Manitowoc, WI in August of 1988. The train is on CNW's Shoreline, which is a bike trail today a few miles north of here. The bridge is... (more)
Streamliner meets Zephyr. CBQ E5 9911A Holds for CNW 411 leading the Coach train down the IRM main!
Two SDs, an old geep and a new GP38-2 head out of Marshalltown on the former Minneapolis & St Louis main, headed for Albert Lea and points north. I believe much of this line is gone now.
CNW 6721 leads train ESGBA across the Menominee River between Menominee, MI and Marinette, WI in May of 1986. I miss those big ole Alco's.....
An SD40 and newer SD40-2 have a southbound rolling around the big curve south of downtown Albert Lea.
Chicago & North Western hauls a loaded coal train south. Meanwhile Burlington Northern hauls a load coal train North on the opposite rail. This is one of those train my dad was probably kind of me... (more)
Geeps old and new sit at Blue Earth with a short grain train. Don't know if a local was based here, or they ran the line in segments or what.