CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA across the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI in March of 1990.

Illinois Central SD20 2032 leads a transfer around the north leg of the Belt Railway of Chicago's wye at 67th street in Chicago in Aug 1996.

During the Burlington Northern's first summer, a westbound freight gets underway out of Cicero Yard behind an SD45 trio, the first of which retains the classic Northern Pacific image and the secon... (more)

Apalachicola Northern GP15T #721 is the last of three units built for AN in 1983 to still wear its AN colors. It was delivered in yellow with blue stripes and lettering and repainted into this sc... (more)

FreightCorp 9001 "Ernest Henry", 9021 "Ian O'Brien" and 9023 "Robert Windle" with an empty coal train from the port of Newcastle to the coalmines of Hunter Valley.

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It's been nearly two years since the train symbol of Q611 was used on the A&WP/WofA subdivision, but with the ever changing CSX landscape under the new regime some old symb... (more)

A lengthy lumber train off the barge in Seward rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm and into the setting sun on a fantastic late winter's day. Although it is winter in this scene there is still... (more)

SOO GP7 381 rolls across the Eau Claire River as below zero temperatures create icy steam on the water and frost the trees. The railroad had a stub end yard to the left of the bridge, then used Mi... (more)

The Okanagan Express ran annually in the mid to late 1980s from Vancouver to the Okanagan Valley Wine Region in British Columbia. A Roger Puta Photograph

CNW 6905 is about to duck under Hwy 13/151 near Bertram, IA, just east of Cedar Rapids in October of 1989.

Five years into the BN merger, Delta Yard at Everett, WA still showed hints of the past. A fairly new BN SW1500 is joined by older GN and NP EMD switchers, and some repainted Geeps. Great Northern... (more)

After years of deferred maintenance, Milwaukee Road had to finally replace the first of three diamonds near Eau Claire Tower. This diamond was owned by MILW and served three purposes. First it was... (more)

CNW 4445 brings as west side job strings of boxcars east past Eau Claire Tower on CNW's mainline from the Twin Cities. By 1982 the crossovers between main tracks have been removed, as well as the ... (more)

Eau Claire Tower was the heart of railroad operations through town from 1896 to 1991. This former Omaha Road (CNW) structure was actually originally built to a Milwaukee Road design. It protected ... (more)

MILW 741 is a fairly new MP15AC, one of a large order of 64 units received from EMD between December 1975 and March 1976. These would be Milwaukee Road's last new locomotives acquired. Most operat... (more)