Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha stands in the old NP passsenger station at Livingston, Montana, while the SDP40F and FP7A combination stares towards the mountains looming to the west.

Rock Island's westbound Quad Cities Rocket faces the low August as the negotiates the curve at New Lenox, IL. A club-diner and dome-parlor-observation "Big Ben" lend an touch of class to the litt... (more)

EJ&E 702 passes the depot at Dyer, IN, with an eastbound local as the operator looks on. 702 would be leased and then sold to Birmingham Southern in 1985.

The southbound Floridian changes crews at Nashville Union Station. The deteriorating condition of the Indiana rail network in the early 70's forced Amtrak to look for alternate routes around the ... (more)

A westbound E-L freight cruises through Griffith, IN, behind power that seemingly only the E-L or the Rock Island could field. E8A 818 is paired with an F7B and RS3 1049 to move the train towards... (more)

Before the American Freedom Train began its two year tour, an advance train named the Preamble Express toured the country to drum-up attention and do preliminary ground work for the main attractio... (more)

E7 642 teams up with E8 649 to move a suburb-bound commuter train out of La Salle Street Station. Typical of idling power, the pair cough out clouds of white exhaust as they awaken from their slu... (more)

CN 6060 exhausts steam from her cylinder cocks as she runs light through the GT's yard in Portland, ME. She was preparing to handle the second day of a Montreal to Portland and return roundtrip. ... (more)

Soo Line 4428 leads the L'Anse Job uphill across a city street in Marquette past an old brick hotel. A GP30 and GP40 trail in the power consist.

Rock Island E7A 642 is paired-up with E7B 610 at Joliet on a westbound bicycle train sponsored by the Blackhawk Chapter of the NRHS. Bicyclists were dropped at Ottawa, IL, and pedaled to Utica, I... (more)

Amtrak black E8 318 stands side-by-side with black Amtrak GG1 917 during the electric to diesel change at Harrisburg, PA.

The date is late for AT&SF 542 as she coasts towards the trainshed at Union Station to fetch the eastbound Texas Chief back to the 21st Street Yard. 542 and sister 543 were retired on May 7, 1974... (more)

A CN train represented by RDC cars arrives at the CN passenger station in Montreal. CN S-4 MLW switcher 8043 waits in the background.

Amtrak E8As 318 and 310, in PC black and platinum mist, wait for the inbound GG1 to clear off of the westbound National Limited before they complete the electric-to-diesel change at Harrisburg, PA... (more)

CP #2, the Montreal section of the Canadian, awaits MLW FPA-2 4096 and GMD FP9 1411 to be tied on at Sudbury, ON. To the left, MLW S-2 7092 finishes putting the final touches on the Toronto secti... (more)