In the final days of Ontario Southland Railway's Guelph Junction operation 1591 could often be seen working by itself on the second job. To see a GP9 working solo in CP multimark, this could easil... (more)

A pair of former GN GP9s, nos. 1804 & 1764, park at Newport, WA between assignments. The lack of nose stripes is because these units were set up long hood forward. The former GN mainline still cel... (more)

Former NP 245, now North Shore Scenic 245, was assigned on this day to handle a fall color excursion train between Duluth and Two Harbors. Some lucky passengers got to enjoy riding a former Santa ... (more)

Never waste a good mud puddle I always say! North Shore Scenic Railroad GP9 no. 245 waits to attach to its passenger excursion train at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth, MN. The l... (more)

A hint of Big Sky Blue betrays the GN heritage of BN GP9 1792 leading its Mansfield branch local upgrade out of the Columbia River Valley at Palisades with 40 empty 40 ft. grain boxcars in tow. Th... (more)

A recently painted GP9 at Livingston Montana.

HRT 6525, a rail veteran for the B&O railroad, remains stationary beneath overgrown trees behind a pottery shop, in very rough shape.

BN 1750 leads a quartet of GP9s west on the Cle Elum Turn out of Yakima, WA just east of Cle Elum. The train will exchange trains with an eastbound counterpart from Auburn, WA and the crew will re... (more)

NKP 514 shoves a flatcar and caboose out of Steamtown.

MRL 113 and 127 head west toward Paradise, MT after switching the lumber mill at St. Regis. The local will continue west to Thompson Falls and switch another mil, then head east again back to Para... (more)

MRL 113 gets fired up for a day's work handling the Paradise local, a turn that worked east to St. Regis, MT and west as far as Trout Creek, MT at the time. Geeps 113 and 127 will handle chips, lu... (more)

2391 rests silently on the Coster house track after receiving slight battery repairs the week prior.

A switching crew handles duties with SOO GP9s nos. 402 and 403 in one on their yard in Superior, WI. Although The Twin Ports were known for their Missabe and GN ore docks, Soo Line had more lines ... (more)

Two Boston & Maine EMD veterans stand by the tower in Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton Yard. GP9 1724 still works for its original owner, while GP18 1753 has been rebranded by GTI as Springfi... (more)