The Denver Rock Island Railroad operates a nice collection of vintage power and can be found working an industrial yard in north Denver, Colorado.

101 YARD JOB heading to UP Peach yard

The Richford Local was a turn that ran from St. Albans to Richford and return on the 27.4 mile long Richford Sub.. It interchanged with the St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County at Sheldon Jct. and C... (more)

Michigan Northern 1501 switches cars in the yard at Cadillac. Once all lined up, the train will depart for Grand Rapids.

The three RS-12's on Michigan Northern's roster pause at Walton Junction, MI to cool off their traction motors. Of the three units, the equivalent of about one and a half are working, making the ... (more)

Chicago and Northwestern AS616M 1561 at Iron Mountain, MI June 1972. The 1561 was built in January 1952 and rebuilt by EMD in 1962 with a 567C prime mover and EMD long hood. The 1561 was retired i... (more)

MILW H16-44 nos. 424 and 434 relax in the weeds near the roundhouse at Savanna, IL in January 1976. Their duties are over and they await the scrapper's torch on this snowless winter day.

Milwaukee Road GP9s 288 and 228 are parked at Savanna, IL in January 1976. This was a transition period away from the use of FM H-16-44s, so presumably the Geeps would become more common here.

Detroit & Mackinac Alco RS-3's 974 and 975 with freight train leaving Cheboygan, Michigan's D&M yard on June 27, 1978.

With Bangor & Aroostook #80 and an unknown NYC Diesel on the head end this rather short northbound freight is about 6 miles from the terminus of the former Pennsy line from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw ... (more)

Encountering a three-builder lashup has always been unusual, and by the 1980's it was quite a rarity. If you did encounter one, it would have at least one locomotive from each of the two surviving... (more)

An eclectic collection of Baldwins & Alcos sit outside the Michigan Northern Cadillac locomotive terminal. The Michigan Northern struggled to find enough quality power in the mid 1970's to operate... (more)

I didn't see this very often. Four of the rebuilds bring up an inbound ballast train. This was the spot. Almost everything passed by the washer.

The Youngstown & Southeastern begins it's ascent up through the South Side of Youngstown back to Negley, OH.

The FRV spin-off of CNW lines in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin didn't have many C-C units and here are three of them preparing to make a set-out on train GBPRA at North Fond du Lac. SD24 2401 leads ... (more)