Nice leader heads north to Minntac past the long idled signals of the Thunderbird South mine in the last rays of evening sun.
I have always thought these engines wore the BC Rail paint well. Rare leader on the Peg Transfer heading from BNSF's 28th Yard to DW&P (CN) Pokegama Yard.
With the new CP patch plan, who knows how long these will be around for? I think this was a nice shot for #10,000 out of my camera.
#215 smokes it up as she shows her age. Missabe SD38-2's are unwanted by a large number of engineers nowadays, on the road at least, due to their 2,000 horses as opposed to the IC SD40-3's 3,000. ... (more)
After not shooting the transfers all summer, I am finally back in the $! $oo Line that is...
Bessemer sandwich! Tunnel motors look good, maroon or not.
Some days I love the CN. The last maroon SD38-2 (ironically a B&LE unit) which should have been numbered #214, but at the last minute General Foreman Martin Fair decided that it did not look like ... (more)
It was fun winding these bad boys up to speed once we got out of town...
The CN and I have a love/hate relationship. Today was one of the better days...
Back in 1956... The Soo Line mixed train failed and brand new FP7 #2500 had to be brought in... In reality after putting in ANOTHER 14 hour day to get ready for Railfan Weekend I took a break as ... (more)
Increasingly rarer power drags empties up Proctor Hill.
Shover power heads to Steelton Hill while the Proctor Road Switch switches out a cut of cars and the GP9's drill the E-Lead.
There are only around 5 black IC SD40-3's left, with the majority being on the Missabe. As such, catching two together is a fairly rare thing, with GP9's to boot!
There are only around 5 black IC SD40-3's left, with the majority being on the Missabe. As such, catching two together is a fairly rare thing!
Rare TCW passenger train sitting at Glencoe after a long weekend of trips.Taken on railroad property with permission.
