CP 5973 will head up a vintage trio of GMD power for the Cranbrook to Golden freight which the crew has almost ready for departure from Cranbrook, BC yard. Red Barn 9006 would have sure looked nic... (more)

A CP crew backs up their power for the local freight that will head north from Cranbrook to Golden, BC, handling switching chores along the way. CP 6009 shows off everything one needs to know abou... (more)

A westbound drag freight climbs the Chumstick cutoff grade west of Leavenworth with a pair of F9s on the point and vintage Geeps supporting, with more old EMD power on the rear as helpers. The gra... (more)

AMTK 264 leads the westbound North Coast Hiawatha which is stopped at Baring, WA siding for an eastbound BN freight with caboose BN 10597 bringing up the rear. The Amtrak head end crew was on the ... (more)

BN U25C 5653 leads an eastbound freight through Baring, WA. The train will pass the westbound North Coast Hiawatha, out of view, here and continue east to Skykomish to add helpers before continuin... (more)

BN F45 no. 6637 heads up an eastbound freight at Skykomish, occupying the siding while a set of helpers are being added to the rear of the train. They will help the train climb Stevens Pass and be... (more)

One reason it's hard to find a train on the old route of the 400 is that UP runs land barges. This eastbound Altoona to Adams manifest took more than 5 minutes to cross hwy M at this location just... (more)

Happy New Years! It would appear that CN might have won after all. Here we see CN 3833 leading a trio of KCS power through North La Crosse, WI on CP. Did CN maybe skip the KCS and buy CP?

DMIR 215 and 403 pair up to switch Proctor Yard manifest freight for CN. The two units are the last on CN's roster still sporting both DMIR nos. and colors. An occasional visitor to the Duluth are... (more)

A privately owned collection of Milwaukee Road bay window cabooses look more like a caboose cemetery than a display in Prairie Du Chien. The group includes both flat side and horizontal ribbed exa... (more)

A pair of UP SD40-2s are more than ample for the local west from Altoona, WI to Hudson and back. Led by UP 1932, built as UP 3206 in April 1973, and rebuilt as an SD40N, the power left cars at Nor... (more)

Switching power originating from three builders gather at C&NW's Cedar Lake Yard at Minneapolis. On the left an EMD re-engined Baldwin switcher is joined by CNW 62-A & B, a former CGW set, built b... (more)

CNW 936 was the final U30C purchased by C&NW. Here it moves west near Eau Claire tower where it will divert to the main track to Spooner and Superior with a Twin Ports bound freight. The GEs spent... (more)

CNW 932 was one of seven U30Cs acquired by C&NW in between multiple orders of SD45s in early 1968. This I believe was the only one painted in the scheme shown. This variation was tried from the la... (more)

CNW 1278 was always a favorite switch engine to see around Eau Claire and Altoona in the 1960's and early 1970's. Usually it was parked between runs at Eau Claire, but one of its chores was to han... (more)