Rotary 972552 clears snow dragged down from cut south of Stanton on ZAP Line.

Light power kicking up some snow from the night before.

Two factory new C40-8Ws lead two more Dash 8s on an eastbound CR SEBO as it meets TV-9 with a factory new SD60M leader on a cold March morning on the Boston Line at CP-148. One of the forgotten g... (more)

Triple the BNSF power brings up the rear of an empty Miller coal train leaving Memphis on BNSF main 1. Executive paint BNSF 9747 is a SD70MAC. The second of the trio is an AC4400CW BNSF 5659. The ... (more)

Taconite loads from United Taconite pull into the yard at Proctor having come full circle from where they left earlier in the day which is still visible two tracks over to the right from where the... (more)

A temperature inversion at sunrise has trapped steam rising off freshly baked taconite pellets at CN's former DM&IR yard at Proctor, Minnesota. A trio of Missabe tunnel motors will head north for ... (more)

Power cutoff from a Southbound train(right) at Ellendale is at the site of northbound stalled in snow to pull it back to Ellendale and open the Spine Line. The 8394 is ready to couple to the stu... (more)

Milwaukee Road 3030 West approaches the big tunnel under the Bitterroot Mountains. The railroad later renumbered the lead EMD to 160. Apparently this freight was light enough to forego a lead Litt... (more)

Albany & Eastern's distinct 1st generation pair heads to Lebanon with a load of empties from Albany.

Position lights are in their final days on the Ft. Wayne Line as westbound stack train 25Z splits the masts at CP Wood as a clear is lit on Track 1 for an eastbounder.

A westbound Chicago & North Western coal train changes crews at Butler, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of April 20, 1985. This is the first time I saw locomotives from all three of southeastern ... (more)

With word that Albany & Eastern would be using their two vintage SP EMDs on the hauler, i had to make a trip down from Portland to catch the action. Here we see the pair passing Portland & Western... (more)

Minnesota - A Union Pacific northbound became stuck in a drift south of Ellendale, MN and rescue engine also became snowbound. The crews were extracted by emergency personnel. Late on 2/26 Hulch... (more)

Rio Grande locomotives gather at the engine facility at North Yard in Denver, Colorado, in June 1981.

The wide expanse of Canadian National's Harrison Yard is seen from high above in Memphis, Tennessee. The Union Pacific MCNNL is ready to leave Harrison Yard and head for a Mississippi River crossi... (more)