BN SD9 6103 and SD7 6010 take a rest between assignments at BN's former Great Northern Belknap St. Yard. This yard became BN's main regular freight yard in the Twin Ports after the merger in 1970 ... (more)

BN A3, the "Red River", was parked at Havre, MT in October 1982. This is one of several business cars of Great Northern heritage that continued to serve executives on the BN.

BN 7244 leads a quintet of SD40-2s east with an empty coal train along the Clark Fork between Noxon and Tuscor, MT. This is former NP trackage, would become Montana Rail Link in 1987, and likely w... (more)

VIA 6435 leads the westbound "Canadian" through a cut at English just prior to its arrival at Jasper, AB. Passengers will have some time to tour the village before continuing west to Van... (more)

VIA 6424 will lead the "Skeena" pocket streamliner west from Jasper to Prince George and Price Rupert, BC. It connects at Jasper with the "Canadian", and travels through some o... (more)

CN 8955 leads a cowl GE on a westbound freight inside the boundaries of Jasper National Park at Windy Point/Snaring. The railroad runs along the shore of Jasper Lake, part of the Athabasca River a... (more)

CN 2138 leads an eastbound stack train around a curve at Pedley, AB. Pedley is just east of Hinton, AB and the distant mountains are part of Jasper National Park. The train is headed towards Edmon... (more)

EMD 462 and its traveling locomotive test set were in Auburn, WA in fall 1977 doing test work on their SD45-X on Stampede Pass. The pass was a favorite location for EMD to test mountain grades on ... (more)

BN 2505 (X-GN GP35) and two X-NP GP9s have a Seattle to Everett and points north train in tow along Puget Sound at Meadowdale, just north of Edmonds prior to sunset. I experimented with an orange ... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha switched power at Minneapolis in its early years of operation. In March 1973, BN power was removed here and MILW E9s applied. PC E8s also made appearances. Nearly 2 y... (more)

ATSF 302C waits for passenger to complete loading on one of Amtrak's California or Texas trains that use Santa Fe trackage. Santa Fe's passenger service operated from Dearborn Station, but Amtrak ... (more)

BN 8180 leads a quartet of SD40-2s on a coal train headed east up the Yellowstone River valley just west of Fallon, MT. The train is approaching Glendive where it will change crews before leaving ... (more)

A pair of former GN GP9s, nos. 1804 & 1764, park at Newport, WA between assignments. The lack of nose stripes is because these units were set up long hood forward. The former GN mainline still cel... (more)

BN 6720 grinds train 3 up the 1 percent grade at Leavenworth, WA, meeting an eastbound freight with a crew member ready to inspect train 3. It's spring in the Cascades, and snow still abounds on t... (more)

BN 8133 leads a mix of EMD & GE power up the east side of Stevens Pass at the east end of Berne siding, the last passing siding prior to entering the Cascade Tunnel. The heavy train has helpers as... (more)