A fresh dusting of snow and coating of frost on the trees greets the eastbound Altoona-Adams (WI) freight led by UP 8239 at Fall Creek, WI about 9 miles east of Altoona Yard.

On a gorgeous Seattle November day, SD45 3618 and mate sandwich BN SD40-2 6910 at Argo Yard. In addition to UP's own wide range of power, their practice of encouraging run through trains with nea... (more)

A rainy August day greeted UP's Family Days event at Argo Yard, Seattle, WA. That did not dampen the peoples' spirits as they enjoyed train rides to Black River Jct. and back, ate hot dogs (under ... (more)

In July 1976 one could still catch UP SD24B units in mainline freight consists coming in and out of Seattle. Here UP 440B and 420B match up with SD40-2 3193 as UP's Argo Yard waiting to be assigne... (more)

Back in 1976 one could still enjoy the wide variety of motive power that Union Pacific operated. An example is UP 1400, the 10 SDP35 passenger locomotive UP acquired beginning in September 1965. T... (more)

CN 2867 has a northbound stack train moving well through Munger, MN on former DM&IR trackage, passing under a southbound freight on former DWP trackage. Typical practice between Duluth and Virgini... (more)

The stencil says GP39-2, but you can't fool me, this is one of the finest looking GP30s I've seen in years, decked out in BNSF Railway's best looking color scheme, and handling switching chores on... (more)

CN 3850 and a second Tier 4 mate round the curve south of Superior, WI in the town of Bennett at County Hwy L with a long manifest freight headed for Chicago. This trackage was formerly C&NW/WC, o... (more)

CN SD60 5424 and mate lead a manifest freight south from Superior, WI at Gordon, WI on the former Wisconsin Central main. This segment is X-C&NW, and will switch over to X-SOO in less than a quart... (more)

After spring 1973 detours, MILW was back to "normal" with their rebuilt RSC2s providing road service for their 6 day a week freight between Eau Claire and Winona, MN. SDL39s were also be... (more)

MILW 585 and 68C back their train east from their downtown Eau Claire yard onto C&NW's eastbound main track near Eau Claire tower. Once on C&NW, the train will head west to St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard... (more)

MILW 68C waits to go on duty at the boutique sized Eau Claire yard. In May 1973 the Milwaukee was detouring to Eau Claire from St. Paul via C&NW due to flooding and deteriorating track on their br... (more)

I was fortunate enough to hitch a short ride with the Milwaukee Road crew in F7A 68C while they started putting their train together in Eau Claire. This fireman side view shows the east end of the... (more)

CP 8811 brings up the rear of a westbound Canpotex potash train at Morant's Curve along the Bow River south of Lake Louise, AB. Although trees have grown up along the scene, it is still a must see... (more)

CP 8781 leads a freight west at Moberly meeting an eastbound train tucked in the siding. The train just left Golden for a climb over Rogers Pass to Revelstoke, BC. CP 8781 was repainted orange in ... (more)