P&LE GP38-2 sits at a locomotive facility in Youngstown, Ohio. The P&LE served the steel industry between Pittsburgh, PA and Youngstown, OH. The closing of steel mills led to the end of the P&LE i... (more)

SW1500 2336 and slug 915 are switching in the yard at Chattanooga Tennessee.

L615 works up the former Durham & Southern between Apex and Durham just after sunrise.

A westbound BN train is approaching East Dubuque on Main #1. The train is using CCP trackage from Portage to East Dubuque to move across the Aurora Sub. The BN and IC each owned a main line throug... (more)

I forgot how many extra signals were in and around East Cabin when it was still manned and operated by the CCP. That all changed in 1994 when BN took over control of this area and CTC. To this day... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading was these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub toward... (more)

Some awesome hoarfrost is coating everything around Galesburg on this crisp December morning in 1992. A westbound SP train is slowing down for the approach to Galesburg with the typical 4-unit set... (more)

Some awesome hoarfrost is coating everything around Galesburg on this crisp December morning in 1992. An eastbound SP train hammers out of Galesburg. The train is on the Mendota Sub and just about... (more)

Eastbound out of Savanna has just finished the climb of Red Barn Hill east of Savanna. Now the crew will make the up and down trip the rest of the way to Bensenville. Scanned print from early 90's... (more)

Back when the Mississippi River flooded in 1993, railroads did some crazy detours over the spring/summer. A few trains took some crazy routes to make it to their destination. That seems stupid com... (more)

The CP ran a stack train from KC to Chicago in the early 90s. I don't think it ran every day, maybe Sundays? The train has a lone SD60M for power as the train leaves Savanna for the final leg into... (more)

A trio of SD60s rumbles out of Savanna on train 220 heading towards Bensenville. Scanned slide from 2-05-94.

Wabash Valley Railroad GP7 in the yard at Decatur, Illinois.The Wabash Valley operated from 1977 to 1981 as a shortline on a former Pennsylvania Railroad branch.

Once the BN got their 2 orders of SD60s in 1989/1991, they threw them into heavy unit trains service. Alot of them went into coal service, but eventually some ended up in taconite service as well ... (more)

Union Pacific's Western Pacific heritage SD70ACe Locomotive #1983 leads Norfolk Southern Train 29S westbound through Lovick, AL.