With headlights blazing and in evening sun, a northbound freight approaches the BCR yard at Prince George behind 710, 643, RCC6, 707 and 802 in August 1985.

MLW M-630W 729 undergoes load bank testing after overhaul at the BCR Workshops at Squamish in August 1985 - a repaint into the then new red, white, blue and silver livery beckons.

Despite the headlight being illuminated, this southbound freight at Lillooet was tied up and the triple ALCo combination of 721, 716 and 707 very quiet. A spot of amateur rock-climbing compensated... (more)

CN 5108 and 5144 head a westbound grain train through Hope on an evening in August 1985.

CP Rail GP9s gather between duties at Port Coquitlam Yard in August 1985.

New and old face off at the BCR locomotive servicing facility at Prince George in August 1985. Alco 807 had probably less than a year in service before being retired for parts after a fire, while ... (more)

On standard gauge for the first time since delivery in 1957, S302 almost glows in its new El Zorro livery as it edges back into a spare road on the South Dynon SG turntable on 19 August 2009. It h... (more)

Class Leader of the new AC class for ARG, AC4301, stops over in Melbourne while on delivery to Western Australia. This locomotive was built by UGL Rail at Broadmeadow, NSW with GE equipment.

Not as esthetically pleasing, but now history never-the-less. 3106 fills in for 5771 on the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr near Troublesome in June 1981, with Wilson McCarthy bringing up the rear.

A quartet of Tunnel Motors, 5377, 5390, 5389 and 5349, meet the Arkansas River near Texas Creek on westbound #787 coal empties in March 1982.

On a rather dismal summer's day in August 1981, 5340 3068 3064 3125, on westbound #83, follows South Boulder Creek between Rollinsville and Tolland on the climb up to the Moffat Tunnel.

Operator Candy smiles for the camera in GEC loci 3533 on the Henderson Mill tail track while waiting for the call to proceed to the mine for another load of Molybdenum ore in September 1981. Withi... (more)

On a less than ideal day, weatherwise, a late running 6AM6 from Adelaide, behind CLP13, LDP003 and CLF4, is near the end of its interstate journey at West Footscray and is entering the dual gauge ... (more)

Interail liveried 42105 makes what was thought to be the first appearance of a 421 class in Victoria since 1982/3, and unusually leading a train to boot! 42105 and EL56 head BM7 between Broadford ... (more)

A westbound empty coal passes under the I70 at Dowd Junction, just west of Minturn, behind 5319 and 3056 in September 1981.