The pairs of SD50's and 60's that replaced the C628's didn't always work out so well as this shot attests. At lunch hour the 6539 that had been working the Dumper Job headed up to Brampton to resc... (more)

After the CN bought the WC they quickly assigned a group of IC 3100 series GP40 rebuilds to former WC lines. They were pretty plain except for a couple, the 3129 had the big L shaped windshield an... (more)

CNW 413 had a long career after retirement. Sold to RTA in in 1978 it was used in Chicago area commuter service until early 1985, then sold to Naporano Iron and Metals and after that was sold to a... (more)

WC 7523 and 7554 roll the all-rail ore from Tilden Mine to Algoma Steel through the snow near McFarland on a bright early March afternoon.

After Harnischfeger Corporation closed its crane plant in Escanaba the CNW moved its engine facility from the run down antiquated steam era roundhouse to this more modern building at the former cr... (more)

GBW 318,320,309 await a new crew at Merrillan.

On an absolutely bone chilling mid December afternoon train 482 glides slowly toward the depot at Cartier powered by 5907, 4715,5535,4723 leading 62 cars of TOFC/COFC.

A pair of nearly new CNW U-boats at Minneapolis in the summer of 68. Slide came from R. Wallin years ago. Photographer T. Smart.

WC 2557 is eastbound with plow 315 on the Kincheloe Spur clearing the way to the propane unload facility that gets a lot of use during the Upper Peninsula's cold winters.

Just about every trip I ever took to the Twin Cities involved at least one afternoon of sitting alongside the track near the Bluff. It was a great spot with lots of traffic from most area carriers... (more)

The LS&I's pair of U25C's and an RS3 at the Marquette yard in the spring of 1973. This was a common power set on the Hill Job at the time. Photo is in my collection and was taken by Russ Porter.

BN 5671 looking pretty good still in its NP paint at Galesburg. Slide from my collection for, stamped R. Wallin.

CNW 902 at Proviso, photographer possibly Robert Anderson, slide came from Richard Wallin years ago. The four CNW RS-27's were ill-fated and apparently had a multitude of problems that CNW couldn'... (more)

CNW 6539 rests at Winona before departing on a Huron bound freight. The big SD's looked a little out of place wandering over the light rail and rough track on sections of the run to Huron.

The last rays of sun lights the nose of WC 3005 as it highballs west out of Trout Lake with an IC GP40 and mixed freight. It was a bitterly cold windy evening and I was back in the car before the ... (more)