BNSF 8119 rolls across Deep Creek with a westbound train just after exiting a short tunnel near Burns, OR on the former GN mainline between Sandpoint, ID and Bonner's Ferry.

Milwaukee Road's former Winona, MN freight house still stands next to the brick passenger station used by Amtrak. The current tenant has added a modern garage door, but lack of attention to the ex... (more)

Amtrak uses this former Milwaukee Road depot at Winona, MN. The station is owned by CP who also appears to make some use of it. The station is set back from the mainline, and the gravel is indicat... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls to a stop at the former Milwaukee Road station in Winona, MN where it will change crews and board passengers for Chicago and intermediate stations.

BNSF 8202 races east with a Z train at Fountain City, WI hot on the trail of an eastbound freight that went by about 3 minutes earlier. The freight will wait at Winona Jct. for the Z to overtake i... (more)

BNSF 4000 could use a wash job, but its appearance matches the start of the day at Fountain City, WI. Forecasted thunderstorms provided drizzle and a lifting fog along the Mississippi bluffs at th... (more)

BNSF 5905 rolls through Maiden Rock, WI at track speed )or more) along the Mississippi River. Apparantly BNSF does not want people using their stored rails as balance beams.

SOO SD60M no. 6060 rolls an eastbound freight through Duplainville, WI and is about to cross the north-south Wisconsin Central diamond on its last lap into Milwaukee.

CP 5964 leads a mix of CP and SOO SD40-2s on a westbound freight at Duplainville, WI near the Wis. Central diamond.

Canadian American Railroad no. 40 shows off its CP inspired scheme viewed from the long hood at CP's Bensenville, IL yard. The rear nose is rather anemic with the thin yellow stripes placed over a... (more)

CN SD50F no. 5401 leads a westbound grain train through the fog at Matsqui, BC near the crossing with CP's branch from Mission City to Sumas, WA. Morning fog is not uncommon on brisk fall days in ... (more)

CN SD40s 5101 and 5007 pair up at Boston Bar, BC. By 1986 the zebra stripe scheme had been in use about 12 years and finding an SD40 in the original scheme was hard to do. Note the airplane parts ... (more)

CN SD40-2W no. 5314 leads an eastbound freight across the Fraser River at Lytton, BC and will roll through town and cross the Thompson River to maintain its right of way on the opposite bank from ... (more)

Former SP SW1500s pair up on Wisconsin Central to handle heavy yard switching at North Fond du Lac, WI below the yard office tower.

Former SP SW1200s pair up on Wisconsin Central to handle heavy yard switching at North Fond du Lac, WI.