CP SD40-2s 5822 and 5690 idle at Coquitlam Yard east of Vancouver, BC.

CP Baldwin switcher no. 7069 idles on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver, BC between switching assignments.

CNW 4526 mates up with F7Bs and another Geep at Oelwein, IA next to the locomotive shops between runs.

Santa Fe GP38 no. 2359 idles by the sanding tower at the small engine facility at Ft. Madison, IA.

Santa Fe GP20s show off the old and the new color schemes at Corwith Yard in Chicago on a chilly but snowless January day in 1976.

UP 1543 handles switching chores at the elevator in downtown Winona along the shore of the Mississippi River. The clean locomotive contrasts with the dreary cars and weather conditions prevailing ... (more)

UP 1938 leads a sand train though Eau Claire on its return to Altoona after making a turn to Chippewa Falls to the Wisconsin Northern connection. There appear to be some adjustments in power philo... (more)

Progressive Rail no. 42 is parked in the snow at the connection between Union Pacific and Wisconsin Northern on Chippewa Falls' east side at a location known as Norma in C&NW days. Wis. Northern h... (more)

A pair of SD30C-ECO units mate with an AC4400CW on a freight arriving at Pigs Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN. The building behind the train is part of the locomotive shop facilities.

CP 8032 and an SD60 roll a covered hopper train past the Amtrak depot at North La Crosse, WI. Very little snow for Christmas and New Years in the southern portion of the state of Wisconsin this se... (more)

BNSF 1063 and a CSX GE lead an eastbound covered hopper train through Sparta, WI on Canadian Pacific. In the background is the U. S. Silica sand operation and yard. Note that no. 1063 can now be l... (more)

The local turn from Altoona, WI to Menomonie returns toward Altoona with a few tank cars from Elk Mound. The train can work west to Hudson as needed, but was stymied by a derailment at Knapp that ... (more)

UP's freight from Altoona, WI to South St. Paul climbs the Knapp hill grade just west of Knapp, WI. This stretch of track uses fills and cuts and replaces the "Omaha's) original right of way ... (more)

A BNSF oil train powered by Norfolk Southern units heads north along the Mississippi River at Breezy Point Ln., Fountain City, WI.

A BNSF grain train heads south past Fountain City, WI and bluffs near lock and dam no. 5 headed toward La Crosse, WI and beyond.