US Army Reserves from the 757th Expeditionary Railway Command, Team One, conducted annual training at Fort Eustis. Crews exchange a wave as two trains pass each other in Hanks Yard. A yard crew op... (more)

US Army Reserves from the 757th Expeditionary Railway Command, Team One, conducted annual training at Fort Eustis. The team planned a scenario of deploying abroad to a war-torn country, revitalizi... (more)

What once was, the Elk River Railroad that has since been removed and shut down to be turned into a bike trail slowly exits the tunnel in Exchange WV. The crew is working today collecting all the ... (more)

W&W 576 Passing the old Wheaton Glass Factory after servicing Nipro.

Former IC unit. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Farmrail 8253 (built in 1955 for Northern Pacific) has reached the end of its life, meeting the torch in Clinton, Okla.

On March 11, 1989, a set of Chicago Central & Pacific locomotives rumble by Corwith Tower. This tower protected the Illinois Central (formerly ICG/GM&O) with Santa Fe tracks into Corwith Yard, and... (more)

As US Army Locomotive 1880 enters Hanks Yard Limits it is greeted by a M1028 CUCV - Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle. Both the locomotive and truck are products of General Motors, albeit made 30 y... (more)

A Fort Eustis Military Railway train enters the Range Complex on Mulberry Island. The 8 mile Mulberry Island Division makes a loop around the world's first military heliport (Felker Army Airfield)... (more)

The Bloomer lugs 20 fertilizer loads North through Sibley.

BLOL 7561 leads two LTEX GPs and 20 fertilizer loads towards Sibley.

Illinois Central returns home to Homewood. Retired IC 8408 and a caboose sit on display at the Homewood Metra station, while CN L536 passes by on the former Illinois Central ‘Mainline of Mid-Ame... (more)

Paducah rebuilt and still with the short-lived tri-light up top. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

IC GP10 no. 8062 is in the Waterloo, IA roundhouse. The nose logo indicates this unit has yet to be re-lettered to ICG. Waterloo was an important terminal on ICG's line from Chicago to Omaha, and ... (more)

ICG GP10 no. 8049 leads a freight out of Markham Yard through Homewood, IL. The catenary is for ICG's electrified commuter trains. ICG 8049 is a Paducah Shops rebuild of a GP9.