IC 6260 leads an empty taconite train into Proctor Yard after having taken the loaded version down to the docks at Duluth to unload onto the winter stockpile. The IC units add another interesting ... (more)

CN 5262, among the first wave of GMD Dash 2 power to join CN faces off with DMIR 409 a second hand SD40-3 at Proctor, MN diesel shops. The 5262 sports a unique looking winter shroud over the air i... (more)

CN 2866 leads a northbound freight over the Cloquet River near Saginaw, MN on the former DMIR. The bridge is built as two separate structures sharing the same abutments, the result of double track... (more)

DMIR SD38-2s 215 and 212 are together at Proctor Diesel Shops, Proctor, MN. They are set up to handle switching duties. No. 215 is the last active SD38-2 in maroon paint.

CP 8797 descends Crowsnest Pass at Sentinel, AB with an eastbound freight.

CP 8797 leads an eastbound freight toward Crowsnest Pass with a little help from a BNSF Dash 9 near Natal, BC along the Elk River.

A westbound coal train crosses the causeway near Trout Creek, MT along the Clark Fork. It would seem the causeway separates winter from fall in this scene.

Not so long ago one could enjoy viewing the ML on Montana Rail Link with vintage EMD power. Here trailing a BNSF Dash 9 the train featured 2 SD40s, an SD45-2 and an SD45 as the train made its way ... (more)

ATSF 57, a full RPO car sits forlornly on a spur in Duluth MN weathering yet another winter. Quick research showed that this car had been at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay as recently a... (more)

CN 2184 leads an eclectic trio of GEs on the point of a limestone train headed north from Proctor, MN to the Missabe iron range. The train is crossing the Cloquet River near Saginaw, MN. CN 2184 w... (more)

The former Missabe at Proctor, MN is quite a location for interesting CN power. No. 2577 is a CN C44-9W built for CN in Oct. 1997. It's coupled to a former CNW Dash 8-40C. To the left the last DMI... (more)

BNSF 8086 is the rear DPU unit on an eastbound oil train slowing at Jennings, MT to meet a westbound Z-train. Jennings is the west end of a GN/BN line relocation that included construction of the ... (more)

BNSF 6325 brings up the rear of an eastbound oil train on Montana Rail Link as the train passes the signals at the east end of Austin siding. The train has just descended Mullan Pass and will arri... (more)

CR SD60M no. 5534 rolls an eastbound coal train through Porter, IN on the former NYC mainline on a humid June afternoon.

Santa Fe 537, an FM H12-44 switcher was in storage with several other FMs in September 1972. By 1974 this unit would be retired. The shot was taken at Corwith diesel shops on Chicago's southwest s... (more)