Trackside Treasure

While working on my second VIA Rail book , I was fortunate to have access to the photo collection of Brian Schuff.  Brian and I have quit...

CN and CP operated sizeable fleets of piggyback trailers. Prior to containerization, piggyback or Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) was an imp...

Here's a listing of power consists including CR-GTW-DWP-NS power that I observed, in addition to those in the previous post . Westbou...

In addition to leasing several fleets of locomotives from leasing companies in the mid- to late-1990's, CN also borrowed power fro...

I posted Symington Yard Part 1  and Symington Yard Part 2  in January 2011.  In February, I received an unexpected and hauntingly crypt...

And we have a winner! Congratulations to Jakob Mueller, the winner of Trackside Treasure's fourth anniversary contest.  He will soon ...

Four years ago, I fired up the scanner, dug out some photos and notes, and set up a tiny corner office in the cyberspace skyscraper. I ca...

CN introduced its 'CN North America' paint scheme in mid-1992.  Intended to trumpet CN's continental reach, by way of its Ala...

VIA Budd stainless steel equipment returned to CN's Kingston Sub for one day, heading west from Montreal on July 16.  A five-car HEP ...