BN F7 744 leads an A-B-B-A F unit consist as it backs a board of directors' train into the BN yard at 14th Street in Chicago. The viewpoint is from the Canal Street overhead bridge.

Amtrak dome-observation 9310, formerly Wabash 1601, decorates the rear of the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion as it arrives in Phoenix.

Freshly painted BN E9 9919 leads a two car, Sunday-only dinky westward out of the Downers Grove station. These were the days before Chicago area suburbanites discovered commuter trains to get to ... (more)

C&IM SD38-2 71, SD9 54 and SD18s 61 and 60 head back through Petersburg light to pick-up the remaining half of their coals loads. Just as back in the steam days of the C&IM, doubling Petersburg H... (more)

C&IM SD18s 60 and 61, SD9 54 and SD38-2 71 drag the first half of a northbound hopper train up Petersburg Hill. The green power and forty-five loads are seen from the GM&O "Jax" Line overhead bri... (more)

C&IM SW1200s 22 and 23 relax at the engine facility in Taylorville, IL, at the extreme south end of the line.

N&W GP18 955 leads two relatively new UP U30Cs westbound on the old Wabash, west of Springfield, IL. This shot was taken from the C&NW overpass.

C&O GP9 6136 trails WM GP9 5989, formerly B&O 5989, across the GM&O diamond in Springfield. The units were headed to the west side of Springfield for a little switching.

B&O caboose C-2929 carries the markers on a three car Beardstown local as it crosses the ICG/GM&O in downtown Springfield, IL.

Sperry Rail Service 144 waits on the Craig Branch at Bond for the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr to clear. The view is from the dome of observation-lounge "Silver Sky".

As seen from Chihuahua Pacific Train 8, westbound towards Los Mochis, Ch-P chop-nose FM H16-44 #524 stands with a freight train at Temoris in the bottom of a huge canyon.

Rio Grande K28 2-8-2 476 coasts downgrade along the Animas River on her way home to Durango from Silverton.

ICG #33 has just finished working Ridgely Yard in Springfield and now continues southbound behind four former GM&O F3As. 810B, 811A, ICG 1615 and 806B are still several years away from being rein... (more)

While still employed by the Rio Grande, K28 476 rests in the street in Silverton, CO.

Long out-of-service 2-8-2 483 works a C&TS train westbound on the east approach to Cumbres Pass in better days. These were the early days of the C&TS before passenger cars replaced the converted ... (more)