BN 5450, a former U28B mates up with a U25B at North La Crosse, Wis. on a cool spring day. Although the paint job is less than a year old, it is already peeling a bit. This unit was made famous by... (more)

A pair of B&O GP40s bask in the fall sun at Cumberland, Maryland in October 1982. Even though Chessie System was the order of the day, one could still spot pre-Chessie paint schemes with regularit... (more)

BN 6542 leads an SD40-2, C&S SD40 and a U33C west towards Stevens Pass as the train exits Winton Tunnel about 35 miles west of Wenatchee, WA. The train has a trio of helpers on the rear to help it... (more)

Another southbound coal train is running eastbound on NS trackage rights climbing the steep grade to the summit at Big Cut. Flanges sqeal all the way to the river and somewhere back there helpers... (more)

Note safety bars on this end.

The Milwaukee Road had a great paint scheme for Halloween. For most former Milwaukee Road locomotives the scary part (black "bandit" patch jobs) was yet to come as here 205 still wears i... (more)

I was pretty excited at age 18 to be using my new 35 mm Canon TL/QL with probably my first roll of color slide film. The family had travelled to Duluth to celebrate the 4th of July, and Dad let me... (more)

Rush hour in Wenatchee, BN style five years into the 1970 merger. Far left, a former GN caboose, still red, observes a westbound freight ready to depart on the mainline featuring the usual GP9/F7B... (more)

DMIR 181 in Missabe' arrowhead scheme waits its next assignment at Keenan Yard on the Missabe Iron Range. This yard is located just southwest of Iron Junction on a branch toward Hibbing, MN just o... (more)

From ACL to SCL to SBD this unit has lately been reduced to yard service but this got it a fresh paint job. You can still smell the Imron.

ACL only bought one SDP and this was it. It became SCL, then L&N, then SBD and wound up switching the yard in the coal country. How I would love to see a shot of this one in the glory days, hand... (more)

Orin Iron Horse Race......Raw horsepower against gravity. AC against DC. The 5 DC motors have slowly been overtaking the New AC power since leaving Converse Junction. The two trains will end the r... (more)

Q317 works west on the Mountain Sub, crossing over the viaduct in Cumberland.

When new, Cotton Belt and Southern Pacific SD45T-2's were delivered by the Rock Island from Chicago. It was not uncommon to find the new engines running revenue for the Rock Island alongside Rock... (more)