ATSF 105 & mate has tied onto the employee passenger special at Joliet, IL and would soon depart for Corwith Yard, Chicago.

I had just completed the southbound excursion behind N&W's 1218 to Chattanooga from Lexington Kentucky. Soon the 1218 will be removed for preparation for the northbound run back the next day. Two ... (more)

Santa Fe could always put on a show on their Chicago mainline to Kansas City and California. Here a quartet of Superfleet power led by ATSF GP60M 142 leads a quartet of Yellow/blue power on a west... (more)

The former Santa Fe station at Streator remains in use as an Amtrak stop. The structure is a classic Santa Fe piece of architecture.

Lehigh Valley Alco PA-1 604 leads the New York City to Coxton, PA the daily passenger train "The John Wilkes" at Bethlehem, PA on July 05, 1950. The John Wilkes lasted until Februar... (more)

ATSF 127 leads a westbound freight thru Kansas City in March of 1996.

Photo by unknown.

Southbound train on former MP with a former WP unit. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

This former Missouri Pacific unit is still at home. at the three track yard west of town.

The Buffalo Creek Railroad was a terminal and switching railroad that operated on the waterfront area of Buffalo, NY. The company was in existence from 1869 to 1976, operating on 5.66 miles w... (more)

6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H II 8525. They had a short life. I'm glad I made the effort to catch them. Second unit is a GE 6000 horsepower unit AC6000CW 7551. At least on these, the locomotives survi... (more)

Katy was desperate for motive power when they got some KCC high cab units. When chopping the cab and hood they got it almost right but somewhat lower than normal. Other units were repainted but ... (more)

Former C&O unit in the Evans-era color scheme has a nice rhinoplasty and has been set out for some reason.

Leasers sitting in the engine facility. Not listed in the on-line "all-time" roster and I'm too lazy to look in back issues of Extra 2200 South to see where they came from but I'd guess... (more)

Bringing up the markers on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe local heading east through Basta is Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe way car 999716. These cabooses were built in 1978. (Fullerton, California... (more)