AC 1752,1754 make their way north with the Hearst train. Trains 1&2 normally were assigned one F during the warmer months but this train is a little longer with an extra coach due to a tour group ... (more)

AC F's 1753,1754 tackle Northland Hill south of Searchmont with a short extra that had been called out of Hawk Junction to do local work and collect a few ore loads that had been set out the previ... (more)

AC 1754,WC 6590 slow for a crew change at the Highway 40 crossing in Fibre. This job was on short time departing Escanaba so the crew didn't bother turning the power before departing. It didn't wo... (more)

AC 1754,1752,1753 have just completed a slow trip from Sault Ste. Marie to Trout Lake with a 8000 ton SOGBA. The crew has been talking to the dispatcher about getting another unit from their eastb... (more)

AC F's 1752,1754,1756 lead the Agawa Canyon Tour Train south near Heyden.

The 80's were rough on the ACR with the economy making many twists and turns that caused a downward spiral of the freight traffic that the railroad was positioned to haul(forest products,steel and... (more)

FP9's 1752,1750,1753 have northbound train 3 crossing Bellevue trestle. Departing Sault Ste. Marie about 8AM the Agawa Canyon Tour Train was a good chase as far as Searchmont.

ACRI 1750,1753 roll train 4 southbound near the south siding switch at Frater. It was a long bone jarring ride in on some rough gravel roads to get to Frater. The tracks hugging the shore of a lak... (more)

ACRI 1755,1756,1750 have train 3 the Agawa Canyon Tour leaning into a sharp curve near Heyden.

After the WC bought up the ACR these Ex VIA F's were brought on board for passenger service to free up the ACR GP38-2's for freight work. Things didn't always work out that way and the while the F... (more)

Passing a stand of colorful leaf trees, train 1 is making its way north on a late September morning in 1997. F's 1752 and 1750 are trailed by a couple leased VIA coaches and a rather scrambled up ... (more)

On a bright winter evening AC 1751,1750,1756,1755 head a northbound extra near the south siding switch at Wabos. On the Searchmont highway Wabos was about as far as plowed roads allowed one to get... (more)

Back in our favourite "camp", the Canyon View Camp Car in the Agawa Canyon, we had the most beautiful weather imaginable for the entire week! Just ten days before our arrival the entire park was f... (more)

A call the previous evening had alerted us to this train being powered by a pair of F's. The F's had languished in storage most of the summer and were supposedly not to be ran again. Somehow this ... (more)

A rare sight in the late 90's was a FP9 leading a freight train. The ACR group of 7 A's and 2 B-units often found themselves in freight service during periods of slack passenger service on the ACR... (more)