Eight miles after leaving Jasper, VIA Train 3 is about to be overtaken by rain at Geike, Alta. Three EMD units easily handle the 19 cars on July 29, 1981.

Two days later (than the previous photo) as seen from the engineer's viewpoint VIA's Train 10 also has a clear train order board and will sail by Kwinitsa without stopping on Aug. 5, 1981. Nos.... (more)

VIA's eastbound Train 10, "Skeena," has been flagged for a stop at Kwinitsa, 46 miles after originating at Prince Rupert, B.C.

CN 9178 and its Geep partner get serviced with sand at Prince Rupert, B.C. The sign on the sand house doorway stated visitors may pick up a hard hat at the locomotive foreman's office, back on S... (more)

With CN F 9166, VIA's westbound Train 9, "Skeena" is about 17 miles west of Jasper and nearing Yellowhead Divide between Alberta and British Columbia. In another 26 miles the train will leave CN'... (more)

With only 10 cars and two F units (1418-1409), Canadian Pacific's Train 2, "Canadian" is eastbound at Leanchoil, headed for a crew change at Field, B.C., 17 miles ahead, on June 15, 1975.

Rock Island Train 18, "Twin Star Rocket," barrels eastward out of North Topeka, Ks. on time on Union Pacific track en route to Kansas City where it will return to home rails. Operating from Hous... (more)

Led by an F and two E units, Rock Island's "Golden State Limited" rushes into Topeka, Kansas where it will cross the Kansas River and enter Union Pacific trackage rights for the run to Kansas City... (more)

Is the camera aimed the wrong direction? Rock Island U25B 231 was on the point of Train 4, "Golden State," standing at North Topeka, Ks. station as westbound mail Train 39 with two F units approa... (more)

With E8 653 and a passenger Geep, Rock Island's mail Train 39 "Imperial" with one coach leaves Topeka, Ks. on a dreary Nov. 5, 1966. At Tucumcari, N.M., Rock Island will hand the train over to SP... (more)

With its spotless GE 70-toner 601, Moscow Camden & San Augustine's mixed train prepares for its 7-mile run at Camden, Texas, over to Moscow, on Nov. 17, 1971.

Two Rockdale Sandow & Southern Alco RS-3s idle outside their shop at Marjorie, Texas on March 10, 1972. The Alco's boxy marker lights are a tip-off that they came from the Missouri Pacific.

Mid-train in Georgetown RR's continuous-belt ballast train are two distribution cars that can swing to either side to distribute rock. On the former MoPac at Hestes, Texas Oct. 12, 1989.

Rock hauler Georgetown RR has also gotten into ballast distribution. Its continuous-belt ballast train with two Paducah rebuilds, GRR 9050 East was on the U.P., former MoPac, at Hestes, Texas (be... (more)

Georgetown RR Baldwin S-12 switchers 1006 and 1005 are plugged into stand-by power as they await tomorrow's assignments art the Georgetown, Texas rock quarry.