It's October 1975 and the Cascadian Cold Storage is loading up with this season's fruit, much of which still ships by rail at this point. BN 1771 is the rear unit of a trio of helpers ready to giv... (more)

The power line up along the diesel run through maintenance building at Harrison St. in Minneapolis is weighted toward Great Northern on this gray March day in 1974. Former GN GP20, now BN 2001 has... (more)

GN X1500 basks in the sun at Harrison St. in Minneapolis during April 1970 giving no hint of its new ownership by BN. The 1954 built plow was acquired from the U.S. Army by GN in December 1966. It... (more)

CP 5661 leads a second SD40-2 converted to a B unit on an eastbound mixed freight headed toward Milwaukee, WI at Duplainville, about 30 minutes west of town. In late 1997 CP had been yet to change... (more)

CN SD60F leads a trainload of tank cars west out of Boston Bar, BC as the morning fog lifts above the Anderson River bridge just west of town along the Fraser River.

CN 9429 races west on the last lap into Winnipeg, MB with an intermodal hotshot, meeting CN 9503 east at Anola, MB. CN seemed to favor these Geeps east of Winnipeg.

CN 5340 leads CN's hot intermodal train along the Thompson River at Lasha siding just east of Lytton, BC. It will stop for a quick meet with a westbound freight before continuing up the canyon tow... (more)

CN 5417 sits outside the Boston Bar station in the spring rain while crews change. The train is holding the main and blocking the road crossing to North Bend (CP's crew change point), so it won't ... (more)

CN 5268 soaks up winter morning sunlight as its train waits for a meet at Floods siding west of Hope, BC. The Trio of SD40-2Ws has an empty coal train in tow. Floods is along the Fraser River as t... (more)

Winnipeg Hydro Railway no. 3 sits in Winnipeg, MB. Winnipeg Hydro became Manitoba Hydro in 2002. The loco was built as CPR 22 in 1882 and acquired by Winnipeg Hydro in November 1918. 100 years lat... (more)

VIA 6512 on the point of the Super Continental gets the blur flag treatment at Vancouver, BC prior to passenger boarding and beginning its long trip to eastern Canada. It is reflecting off the sid... (more)

MJRX 1021 is an SD20 assigned to handle switching at the Farmland Service Grain Elevator at Gothenburg, NE. The unit was built as an SD24 for Southern Railway in January 1960. It was sold to Illin... (more)

Former Algoma Central GMD SW8, now WC 900, is parked near the turn table at North Fond du Lac's Shops Yard. The unit pretty road worn and was sort of an orphan on the WC. It appears WC sold this u... (more)

This view shows the hood ends of a pair of Wisconsin Central SW1500s assigned to heavy switching at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, WI. The 1556 is in the early color scheme using the original cr... (more)

This view shows the cab ends of a pair of Wisconsin Central SW1500s assigned to heavy switching at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, WI. The 1556 is an early color scheme using the original cream c... (more)