An eastbound Golden Arrow Lines passenger train is between Cross Plains and Middleton, Wisconsin, on a Spring Green to Middleton excursion on Central Wisconsin Railroad Company’s affiliated rail... (more)

A hot westbound “Falcon” off the Chicago and North Western connection at Fremont, smokes its way through Kearney, Nebraska, in June 1981. Leading the Union Pacific train is EMD GP40X No. 9000,... (more)

Three classic EMD GP35 locomotives sit in the shops today. 390, 394 and 385 were all built in 1964 for the Ann Arbor Railroad and all still operate over the same line.

Two Bessemer tunnel motors sandwich a CN SD40-2W on the daily ore train bound for North Bessemer. The CN 5245 was brought in to temporarily replace BLE 905, which was damaged in a grade crossing i... (more)

The North Shore Scenic Railroad's "Christmas City Express" arrives at the Fitgers Brewery complex to load passengers for the Duluth Union Depot. This former C&NW RDC is reported to be the oldest o... (more)

These westbound Baldwin "Babyface" units are on an upgrade coming into Westfield, so they are definitely making plenty of Baldwin noise! This location is very different 50 years later. Freight tr... (more)

A Golden Arrow Lines excursion on the Central Wisconsin Railroad Company route between Waukesha and North Prairie is passing a small grain elevator off of Main Street east of Genesee Depot, Wiscon... (more)

The newest "publicity paint scheme" Re 460 is # 105, for the VSLF (association of swiss locomotive drivers). In the eyes of the owl, only very faintly visible, a clock and a speedometer are placed... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

This will take some getting used to! The new trainset for VIA Rail's "Skeena" trains #5/6 has just arrived from the east on train #1 and is prepped for service in the coming days.

New power for The Skeena. The rumours were true. VIA Rail has sent 2 RDCs to Jasper for testing and presumable use on trains #5 and #6 between Jasper and Prince Rupert. VIA 6251 and 6219 are tacke... (more)

The Cloquet Terminal's newest engine (former Modoc Academy) is shuffled around at BNSF's Belknap engine facility.

A DIFFERENT BIG BOY MOVE...LONG AGO and BY IT'S HOME. 29 years ago this November, UP 4012 was moved from Steamtown's old home in Bellows Falls, VT to Steamtown's new home in Scranton, PA. The rout... (more)

Proof the Rio Grande had class!