Twin Cities & Western GP20C 2004, a GP20 reengined with a Caterpillar prime mover, is the former BN 2004, ex-BN GP20 2012, nee-GN 2012.

Twin Cities & Western GP20C 2004, a GP20 reengined with a Caterpillar prime mover, is the former BN 2004, ex-BN GP20 2012, nee-GN 2012.

GO 707 accelerates from Kipling Station with an westbound afternoon train for Milton

Ex-CP 4066/1422 leads a westbound train to Windsor. Five months later this locomotive was destroyed in the head-on collision between VIA's Super Continental and a CN freight at Hinton, Alberta.

The curved and graded viaduct at SiMingYi can be photographed from so many angles. Here it is seen from across the valley; the second loco has just commenced blowing down, a common practice in st... (more)

A Union Pacific freight, led by a DD35A / GP30B / DD35 / GP30B lashup, passes the old UP passenger station in Riverside, CA, on New Year’s Eve 1978.

Union Pacific GP30B 726B leads (!) a westbound freight past the Amtrak (ex-Santa Fe) passenger station in San Bernardino. A GP30B/GP30 helper set was assigned to this train to assist the four SD4... (more)

With the thermometer hovering near zero and the sun just over the horizon, a single QJ steams out of the dawn towards Lindong. Only the photographer, his guide and driver witnessed this specatacl... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8255 brings a detour train down the Santa Fe at Blue Cut in Cajon Pass on January 18, 1985. A wreck on SP's Sunset Route through Arizona necessitated the detour.

Southern Pacific SD45 7498 brings a detour train down the Santa Fe at Cajon on January 18, 1985. A wreck on SP's Sunset Route through Arizona necessitated the detour.