Marias Pass in known for heavy snow and my recent trip there didn't disappoint. I had shot the pass in spring, summer and fall but never winter. The Izaak Walton was a busy place with skiers takin... (more)

eastbound Santa Fe manifest descending east side of Cajon Pass through Hesperia

WC 6653,1761,2005 work uphill out of Trout Lake with a heavy SOGB.

All three of Montana Rail Link's F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are climbing Winston Hill approaching the top at Winston, Montana, with train LM on October 15, 2000. T... (more)

WC 6656, 6601, 583, 589 and 106 cars at Soo Yard. At the time the WC didn't have a bridge tender on duty in the early mornings and train 35 ran late enough this day to get caught on the US side an... (more)

Shot 18 years ago tomorrow, its hard to imagine where the time has went but this was the railroading I grew up with and enjoyed. WC 6655 and 6601 sift through fresh snow as they make there way eas... (more)

WC 6651 and 588 lead 44 loads of Tilden ore bound for the furnaces of Algoma Steel. This power wouldn't have much of a future under CN ownership and both units were retired not long after the CN t... (more)

WC 5981 and and a still ATSF lettered 5334 lead train 20 through late evening light on the Ex FRV main in Oshkosh.

These were trying times in the 1980s. The railroads were beginning to recover from the 1970s. Train crews were getting smaller, cabooses were gone, Conrail was turning away loose car traffic in fa... (more)

A westbound is just east of Holbrook...this scene is no longer possible account there is now a locked gate blocking access to this area...and I bet the cantilever signal is now gone as well.

A westbound is at Holbrook, AZ setting off some pulpwood cars for the Apache Railway.

A pair of F45s lead two more EMDs on a westbound intermodal train west of Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 8, 1986. The lead F45 is painted in the ill-fated (SPSF) Southern Pacific Santa Fe “Kodachro... (more)

Wisconsin Central train No. 50 curves through Rugby, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997, with F45 No. 6656 in the lead.

Relaxing in the restored cab of GN 441 - the luxury locomotive lodge at the Izaak Walton Inn, Essex, Montana.