On RF&P. Racks before passenger cars, just the opposite of the Amtrak version. Amtrak's makes more sense relative to slack action.
The North FOX (Fairbanks Overnight Express) scurries across the glacier fed Knik River just about 1 hr into its 356 mile and 12 hr journey through the wilderness. The ARR runs the FOX four nights... (more)
Railroad carferry Chief Wawatam smokes up St Ignace as it heads for the dock. The Wawatam burned coal ... and was hand-fired. A Detroit and Mackinac boxcar is visible in the ship's bow area.
Railroad car ferry "Chief Wawatam" awaits the arrival of the Soo Line train from Trout Lake as the early morning sun rises.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY J. P. PERRIER. This photo belongs to my grandma who told me this may have been a promotional shoot for CNW. Most likely this photo was taken in the late 70's and was used f... (more)
On a summer evening nice enough to go fishing, the WSOR eases across Monona Bay. It was rare to get all-red consists in this era, this power is off the WSOR roster in 2008. Rail in the foregroun... (more)
SB freight crosses the joint SOU/L&N bridge. I cannot believe it was 28 years ago.
A pair of QJ's steam literally and figuratively into the sunset on a fast-moving freight. There were two minutes of daylight left in the deep valley, and less than two years of steam on the reve... (more)
The Wisconsin and Southern "Skunks" (Ex IC Black and White paint scheme) pass over a bridge near a marina.
A northbound empty ore train (likely U-BIRSEM) crosses Lost Creek, just west (timetable north) of Jasper on the former Frisco.
WSOR veteran Engineer Robert Eineke eases his train out onto the bridge crossing Lake Wisconsin at Merrimac. In a couple months boats will dot the lake on Sunday afternoons like this.
Power is: 209, 327, 310, 210, 301
A Florida East Coast northbound passes a shack on a dock at Sebastian Creek at sunset. Note the old GP9 still in road service behind the GP40-2.
SB NS freight crossing the river in the AM
FEC freight rumbles over the San Sebastian river as it approaches its destination of Jacksonville
