An old outside-braced wooden CP box car cut down for higher-class idler service, one of a few used for reaching cars on or off ferries at Nanaimo, B.C.

CN flanger at Prince George, B.C. Aug. 2, 1981. Note one truck has leaf springs, the other has coil springs.

Eleven 40-ft. CP box cars were modified for ice breaker service and ballasted to weigh 66-tons.

Better than an “armstrong” turntable, CN’s table at junction Bridgewater, Nova Scotia was driven by compressed air — simply hook up the “motor” to the locomotive’s main reservoir air... (more)

CN caboose 78107 on the servicing track at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Two C&O E units have the 13 cars of eastbound Train 6, the “FFV,” paused at Hinton, W. Va. during the holidays on Dec. 30, 1960.

It was bad enough arriving Peach Creek, W. Va. to find C&O’s steam operations had just been taken over by diesels in 1956, but the dismal, rainy, overcast Oct. 6th day didn’t help the enthusia... (more)

Not too far from Peach Creek, C&O had a string of 2-6-6-6’s condemned to scrap in the yard at Hinton, W. Va., such as 1624 on Aug. 5, 1956. I was too late to see and hear the brutes in action.

More conqueror’s of C&O steam — Alco RSD-15’s 6802 and 6808 at Peach Creek, W. Va., brand new on Oct. 6, 1956.

C&O quickly reduced its surplus steam power to scrap at Peach Creek, W. Va., and the tender and underframe of 2-6-6-2 1518 was all that remained on Oct. 6, 1956.

C&O had 15 Class C-12 0-10-0’s, most of which worked the heavy coal cuts at Peach Creek, W.Va. By Oct. 6, 1956, 142’s services were no longer needed. It’s tiny headlight was mounted on t... (more)

Another never-to-be-called back on stage to perform, C&O 1344 in the dead line at Peach Creek, W. Va.

Have you ever arrived at a play late, just after the final curtain dropped? That was my luck at Peach Creek, W.Va. when C&O had just shut down stream operations. This was C&O 2-6-6-2 1421 after... (more)

CP 5665 West threads westbound Train 409 around the shore of Lake Superior and through Mink Tunnel at M.P. 73 on Sept. 23, 1993. Note the second unit, an SD40 rebuilt into a B unit.

Along the north shore of Lake Superior, CP 5720 West with a Montreal Locomotive Works DL-630, has a train with several empty cars passing through Jackfish Tunnel, Ontario. The last CP spike linkin... (more)