Along way from Chicago-LA runs, an ex ATSF F45 now WC 6656 leads SD45's 6523,6512 along the shore of Lake Superior trundling along at 10mph on a 57 car ore load headed first east to Trout Lake, th... (more)
WC 6655,4505,4009 are on the point of #34 departing Trout Lake with 69 cars on a late August evening. The days are growing shorter already in the Upper Peninsula and soon #34 will not be seen in d... (more)
Not long after the WC bought the Ex CNW ore lines from UP, F45 6653 leads 6522 east on SORE-1 at West Gladstone. Its a brisk -12 temperature reading and this train is only 60 cars due to problems ... (more)
WC 6650,AC 1753,1752 struggle east with 61 loads of Ladysmith and Tilden ore bound for Sault Ste. Marie. The power is pulling hard at this point and as the two FP9's went past I could smell the ho... (more)
A westbound Santa Fe freight, led by F45 5958, passes through west Corona, California, on last day of August 1988. Urban sprawl has now enveloped this area, including a Metrolink commuter train s... (more)
MRL F45 390 leads the M-L eastward away from the Crazy Mountains near Big Timber, MT.
MRL F45s 392, 390 and SD40 211 lead the L-M manifest down the east side of Bozeman Pass into Livingston, MT.
Izaak Walton Inn`s newest form of accomodation has been lifted into position and is being readied for it`s first guests.
F 45 5908 leads a long eastbound TOFC train up the Cajon pass at Sullivans Curve
A former Santa Fe F45 takes on a new life as Great Northern 441. Filling the next number slot of GN F45s, the 441 is heading for the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana to become a locomotive cabin... (more)
It's so sad to see a classy profile like this disappearing from the country.
