The Ham turn with CP 8247,4218 and 8232 departing London eastbound in the spring of 1993.

LS&I had a fair amount of RS-3's to start with, but over the years they were replaced with more sure footed RSD12's,RSD15's,U25C's and U23C's. Finally by the mid 70's most all the RS3's were gone... (more)

CNW 4257 and 6708 arrive at North Green Bay with train 936 the manifest from Escanaba. After years of having to deal with rough riding, drafty Baldwin/EMD hybrids working with the C628's the 4 axl... (more)

Soo train 222 powered by Soo 778 and Milwaukee 140 is just getting started out of LaCrescent with 117 cars on a gorgeous October afternoon in 1986. The line south of LaCrescent was a scenic spot t... (more)

CP 7099 on a transfer job from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Sault Ste. Marie, ONT had pulled up to a red signal on the approach to the lift span over the Soo Locks. Trains delayed here back in the seve... (more)

Soo Baldwin 361 clanks across the NP diamonds at Detroit Lakes in this slide from my collection. The train order mast with orders hung out, along with the clean Baldwin and the manned tower give a... (more)

The CPR trains that ran over CSX trackage rights from Detroit to Chicago often had ex QNSL SD40's in the CPR 5400 series for power(check out the huge fuel tanks)along with the remains of the CPR b... (more)

Another winter is slowly coming to an end as WC 6595 and 6604 lead ore loads to Escanaba under a threatening sky near Brampton.

After the FRV was bought by WC quite a few Ex FRV units continued to work CNW jobs PRANA/ANPRA between Quinnesec and Green Bay. This was to pay back HP hours to CNW for WC using big CNW power sout... (more)

When the WC first started operations only two trains a day made the Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie trip and they were often fairly short. Service started with trains 11 and 12 in a hold over from the ... (more)

It often seemed if you took a girlfriend along with you on trips to the LS&I you could get some terrific smoke shows...maybe those guys had been riding around in the woods a little to long with no... (more)

The CP's GP35's never seemed to be the most popular units on the roster. Outnumbered by the MLW RS-18 and C424 fleets and lost in a sea of SD40's and SD40-2's they were rarely spotted on the mainl... (more)

Train 7 the Empire Builder with 11 cars makes its late evening appearance at Grand Crossing tower.

CN SD40 rebuild 6010 leads WC 3024 and forest products laden train 543 westbound into the late evening sun.

Lite engine move on the roll eastbound at Fort Madison when the Santa Fe still looked like it should.