BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

BN 10249 sits with other cabooses between local runs at Wenatchee, WA. It would continue is service on the BN at least until 1987 when FREDs started taking over rear end duties.

BN 11288 brings up the rear of a northbound BN freight heading from Tacoma to Auburn, WA. Mt. Rainier towers over the caboose near the curve that will turn the railroad towanorth through Sumner an... (more)

BN 4068 is a former SP&S RS-3 that was assigned at Astoria, OR for switching and local work. Astoria was nearly as far west of SP&S got. Their trackage did extend a little further west to the actu... (more)

BN SDP45 9858 sits alongside Dale St. Shops in St. Paul, MN, still wearing its passenger number. A close look indicates the unit has been sideswiped on the engineer side. There is some damage to t... (more)

UP SD40-2 #3408; Purchased new as number 8073 in May 1977, renumbered to 3408 in 1981. Equipped with 116 inch extended low nose. Norfolk & Western SD35 #1551 built in 1965 with a high short nos... (more)

Western Pennsylvania coal train bound for Edison's River Rouge power plant near Detroit, Michigan, led by PRR GP9 7253, PRR GP9B 3818 and Detroit, Toledo & Ironton GP9 990 rolling through Orovill... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station, two bald PRR E8s 4255 and 4297 leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on June 19, 1968. Photo by photographer's name not listed, from my... (more)

Curving out of St. Louis' Union Station the cavernous train shed, comes a pair of PRR E8's leading train 65 with 4 cars of mail, 2 bagage cars, and 2 coaches. In the background three Norfolk & ... (more)

Amtrak heater car HC 12 is seen at the BN diesel facilities at Minneapolis Jct. (Harrison St.) In the early years of Amtrak BN handled servicing here for them. This heater car was originally modif... (more)

BN F9A no. 840 (Northern Pacific heritage) idles outside the wood engine house at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S crew change location between Pasco and Vancouver, WA. Immediately west of Wishram the... (more)

CN 79657, a Pt. St. Charles built caboose, brings up the rear of a sulfur train stopped at Boston Bar, BC for a crew change. CN built a large quantity of these cabooses in the first half of the 19... (more)

CNW 4540 is in Oelwein Shops in the process of getting a chopped nose, new plow, major mechanical overhaul and a new paint job. C&NW had an aggressive program of revitalizing its large stable of G... (more)