Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3450 was the first of ten 4-6-4s (road number 3450 through 3459) built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927. As built they had 74 inch drivers, 25 x 28 inch cylinder... (more)
An efficient burn as CP 2816 heads westward towards the Connaught Tunnel. Note the IMAX camera on the front aimed for a self portrait.
R761 and R707 make light work of the 1 in 52 grade between Macedon and Woodend, as they double-head a 10 car special bound for Bendigo. Both locos were wearing special headboards to commemorate 60... (more)
CP 2816 crosses a country road.
Late afternoon on June 23rd, the Empress rolled into Golden leading almost the entire heritage fleet. Trailing is CP 4106 (GMD FP9u), CP 3084 (GMD GP38-2), CP 1401 (GMD FP9) and CP 1900 (GMD F9B)... (more)
CP 2816, followed by CP 1401, travels through a tight gorge along the Kicking Horse River as it approaches Field West.
New York Central's first J3a Super Hudson pulls a westbound through Oneida in one of my father's old shots. My maternal grandmother lived in Oneida and I think that this was taken during the summe... (more)
New York Central J1c Hudson 5273 steams into Oneida eastbound in one of my father's old shots. This 4-6-4 is a bit of a star, having been featured in renderings in a 1930 railroad publication, THE... (more)
CP 2816 steams up a slight grade west of Rush Lake.
CP 2816 passes grain loads at Ernfold.
CP 2816 heads for Webb.
CP 2816 receives a little TLC after arriving in Chaplin.
CP 2816 passes through Gull Lake.
NYC J-3a Hudson 5414, with a long mail train and several rider coaches bringing up the rear, departs Chicago's La Salle Street Station on a cold winter day toward the end of New York Central steam... (more)