Ontario nightfall
A pair of Algoma Central GP7s rest alongside an Ontario Northland caboose at Hearst, Ontario, on the night of September 19, 1993.

Algoma Central's daily Train No. 1, led by GP-7 No. 170, is near M.P. 22 (near Northland, Ontario, Canada) in fall colors on Sept. 30, 1993 with frost on the crossties. The train is en route Hurs... (more)

One of the ACR's 3 SD40's in the cold bright sunshine at the Steelton Roundhouse on a day after a storm moved through. It was about -30 F when I shot this photo. Some cold dry air would feel nice ... (more)

One of the ore cars on No. 12 derailed at the north switch Canyon - I don't remember anymore if it was account a sharp flange picking the points or if account a broken frog. I do remember the Dept... (more)

This was the result of a broken rail - the chip cars were not very rugged and usually did not survive a derailment. For some reason the woodchips caught fire - likely from the torches used to cut... (more)

AC 1753, 1756, 1750 shoot out of a cut and over a fill just south of Searchmont with train 4. The ACR line north of Sault Ste. Marie was rugged and for the most part fairly inaccessible, and even ... (more)

AC 1753 leads WC 6590, 6619 and a mix of 68 loads of Ladysmith and Tilden ore east near Dafter. The AC F's while common between Sault Ste. Marie and Gladstone seldom lead trains in freight service... (more)

Extra 168 South is flying the white flags near Sault Ste Marie on a sunny February afternoon. It was rare to see 5 GP7's on an ore train - usually the SD40's were used for this service.

No. 2 is southbound at Frater Station. It had been snowing hard north of here, but the grass is still green at the Station. Odd for grass to be green in mid November in this area.

Near Northland siding the 1756 pilots the Hearst train north on a comfortable July morning.

Squealing around a tight corner near Northland the 1754 comes flying out of the bush with train 1 on the early portion of its all day jaunt from Sault Ste. Marie to Hearst.

For my 1,000th picture on RP.net I really wanted to do something a little special. Just about every Montreal River photo I ever took on the ACR/WC had a little story to go along with it due to the... (more)

Southbound with 29 cars of paper and logs from Hearst and Oba, AC 167 and sister 104 are about to cross CP White River to Sudbury Mainline.

No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)