CN 8165 awaits its next assignment handling switching duties in Hamilton, ON in September 1981. This handsome MLW S4 is similar to Alco's US version, but has some differences in the nose/front num... (more)

VIA FPA4 no. 6770 gets hostled at the engine facilities and coach yard near Union Station in Toronto near the CN Tower in September 1981.

GOT 907, built as Ontario Northland FP7A 1504 in March 1951, has new life as an NPCU (non-powered control unit) leading a morning commuter run toward downtown Toronto in September 1981. The rear l... (more)

VIA 6114 has brought its train into Niagara Falls, ON and will later return to Hamilton, Burlington and Toronto. It is parked next to the former CN station.

VIA FP9 no. 6533 leads a passenger train west at Bayview Jct., ON. It is diverging from the line to Hamilton to the Windsor/Sarnia line. Note the baggage car on the rear. VIA appeared to not waste... (more)

VIA FPA4 no. 6793 mixes it up with GMD FP9 A/Bs next to the old CN coaling tower near downtown Toronto at the VIA diesel facilities and coach yards. The base to CN Tower is visible behind the coal... (more)

BNSF 8375 leads a grain train west at Fishtrap, WA on the former NP mainline between Spokane and Pasco. The derail protects trackage that forms a loop through a ballast pit at this location. BNSF ... (more)

BNSF 7638 slows down to a crawl as it brings its train into Leavenworth siding above Leavenworth, WA. This siding sees frequent meets, and often has trains stored here when crews run short of time... (more)

A BNSF grain train mixes up color schemes a bit as it rolls west on the causeway that helps form Rowland Lake along the Columbia River west of Lyle, WA.

BN 9726 shows some wear and tear as the one time passenger F7A mates with a former NP unit at Auburn, WA. Auburn was the last stronghold for F units on the BN in the Pacific Northwest (although so... (more)

BN 654, a former GN F7A, mates up with a former NP passenger B unit spending the night in Superior, WI. Even into the BN era, the head of the lakes area was slow to switch to second generation pow... (more)

GN GP30 2213 displays its customized cooling system at Minneapolis in March 1973. The loco is really BN, but no initials saying so, and it still says Great northern on the hood. Only the goat is m... (more)

BN is one month old, and life at St. Paul Union Depot still feels like the Great Northern era. Amtrak has yet to arrive, so GN's newest passenger power, SDP45 no. 332 still mates up with older F u... (more)

It was not uncommon to find interesting mixes of BN predecessor F units around Minneapolis in the early 1970s. Here a group weather a lousy March 1973 day at the diesel facilities at Harrison St.,... (more)

One damp evening in February 1975 a colorful group of F units gathered at the turntable at BN's Seattle Interbay roundhouse. Former GN F45s, BN 6006 and 6000 mate up, flanked by Amtrak SDP40F (ear... (more)