With North America's largest interlocking tower in the background, N&W 1218 works its way south (railroad east) along the former Nickel Plate main on a passenger special. Tom Golden photo.
Two of Roanoke's finest perform a rare side-by-side mainline runby- the 1218 with empty hoppers and the 611 pulling a passenger trainload of conventioneers.
With many railfans capturing the action on the ground, Southern 4501 begins to work its way south from LaSalle Street station along the Rock Island main as its cloud of steam and the Chicago skyli... (more)
During the Fourth of July weekend, Southern 4501 was used to haul passengers on an excursion around Chicago and Indiana known as the Independence Limited. Prior to one of its runs, the steam loco... (more)
NKP #765 is seen slowly leading the Phoebe Snow Special into Slateford where the locomotive would cut from the train to heading into Portland an... (more)