GMD-1 #1601 basks in the light from a gorgeous fall sunrise at Estlin, SK. The Lewvan sub was the last branch with 60lb rail that required the unique A-1-A truck locomotives. In less than six mont... (more)

The evolution of grain is what I call this photo. An empty BNSF shuttle train passes the long closed elevator and water tank at Des Lacs, ND. Over the years, the efficiency of the small rural elev... (more)

Two new SD70M-2s from the first order lead a loaded sulfur train along Jasper Lake.

Time marches on, at a very slow 10 MPH, as STL+H 5593 leads train 470, the Rapid City to Huron train, passed an abandoned farm house near Wasta, SD. The CPR influence has started creeping into the... (more)

With their work completed at Potash, UT, the local is just entering the massive cut at mile 31 and about to head into Bootlegger Canyon.

Class unit #8000 blasts upgrade out of Dalehurst, AB with the effects of a late spring snow storm all around. On this day we received over 14" of wet, heavy snow that caused all sorts of problems ... (more)

With the ice literally cracking under my feet, M301 starts to throttle up after passing over a TSO. IC 6071 made a few trips out west during 2007.

An extra Drake Turn heads east out of Max, ND as the clouds begin to set in.

With six units on the point, M304 winds through the 25 MPH slow order at the Brule tunnel. Locomotives were CN 2114, CN 2125, CN 5504, CN 2637, CN 2251 and CN 2223. The 2637 was dropped at Dalehu... (more)

With the temperature hovering around the -30 Celsius mark without the windchill, G802 eases through the 25 MPH permanent slow order at the Brule tunnel.

Q112 swings through a curve along Brule Lake with the Miette and Brule ranges providing the back drop.