Peoria & Pekin Union NW2 No. 405 rests at the railway’s yard at Creve Coeur, Illinois, in March 1984. This EMD Switcher was built new for the railway in June of 1949.
Older than the former Clinchfield F-units that it is switching, a 1948 Baltimore and Ohio NW2 is readying an excursion train at Camden Station in Baltimore. The switcher began life in the Chesapea... (more)
Upon arrival at Council Bluffs this was the first shot of the surroundings exposed on John's roll of film, the human side of railroading always a treat to see.