SP 8897 blasts out of tunnel 5 as SP 8634 waits in the siding. Eastbound trains coming out of this tunnel usually produced quite a lot of exhaust, as seen by this slow moving train.

As the evening shadows engulf the low reaches of Franklin Canyon, Santa Fe 2906 West drops down from the summit through Christie.

A panned photo of the nose of Soo Line EMD SD40-2 No. 6602 leading an eastbound train through Brookfield, Wisconsin, during the blue hour amid snowstorm on the eve of December 3, 1990.

A westbound Chicago & North Western freight waits to depart Butler yard in a Wisconsin snowstorm on December 3, 1990.

A Soo Line SD40/SD40-2 duo leads D&H 266 into Oak Island Yard. During the mid-90s it was not uncommon to see Soo Line units mixed with CP and even D&H power on this train. In the distance, a bra... (more)

A westbound grain train, led by UP 3706, has stopped at the Union Pacific main office building located just east of the Los Angeles yard as storm clouds build.

UP 9198 West stops at Charter Way so her conductor can climb down and throw a switch allowing her to enter Stockton Yard. In the not-too-distant future, UP will no longer use this track, but will ... (more)

A local crew works the tight quarters of the Louisville & Nashville team tracks in Frankfort, Kentucky. Today, things aren’t so tight. There is only one track and the station has been razed.

Fortunately, there are no commuters on the station platform as two M636's and a FA-2 lay down a heavy smoke screen as they accelerate their train westbound out of St. Luc Yard.

Santa Fe 5047 East breaks into sunlight as it negotiates the sequential reverse curves at Cable.

A couple of BN SD60Ms have a coal train in tow as they pass the elevator at New Salem, ND. It was a very nice looking elevator. I believe this is an eastbound but my memory isn't very good these d... (more)

A fairly new P32DM charges past the Hudson local at CP-114 for the station ahead on a bright late October morning.

I was not taking pictures yet when my family went on a summer vacation through Ontario and Quebec in August 1972. We stopped at CP's Sherbrooke yard and found a lot of activity, with two RS10s an... (more)

On a warm October afternoon a southbound war wagon clatters through the reverse S curves at Roa Hook alongside the Hudson River into Peekskill Station.

The setting sun is making long shadows as a transfer from St. Luc Yard to Lasalle crosses the Lachine Canal Swing Bridge. There is no longer a need for a bridge tender as the canal closed to comm... (more)