Originally built for the Long Island Railroad as #1559 in 1955, MRMA #310 still wears its Gettysburg Railroad numbering and paint scheme. The locomotive was repainted as IC #704 in honor of IC's ... (more)

Still wearing its Frisco colors, KRPD #616 leads a Peabody Coal train from the Marissa, IL preparation plant to the unloading facility on the Kaskaskia River.

Built by Porter in 1943, the well traveled Anaka pulls the "Sugar Cane Train" north from Lahaina to Kaanapali with the island of Lanai in the background.

Reading 2102 lives again!

This is a picture my father took in the early 1960s on the Erie Lackawanna. This train is led by FT(A) 7011 - FT(B) 7012 - F7(B) ? - F3(A) 7141. I don't have much information on this, but I'm gu... (more)

I stayed overnight in a dump of a motel, got up a 4:45 AM, got soaked in the rain, drove 400 miles round trip, spent hundreds of dollars, and after waiting 27 years, was it worth it?

You bet you... (more)

First passenger excursion since rebuild for 2102. Looks good in black and white in a misty rain

A half dozen SD units lift a southbound freight out of the Blue River Valley on the highline route built in 1928.

On loan from the Mid Continent Railway Museum, Ten Wheeler #1385 leads a special west across the CNW mainline in Iowa.

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

The St. Louis Union Station Midway, between the waiting room and the trains, looks neglected less than two months before the station would see its last intercity passenger train.

The westbound road train from Belleville, KS passes the former Rock Island depot enroute to Goodland, KS.

The Kyle Railroad has replaced the Cadillac & Lake City as the operator of the former Rock Island across Kansas, bringing former SP&S #320 for motive power.

Brandon Rail was created in 1981 to serve industries on the former Rock Island line between Manhattan, KS and Clifton, KS. The operation lasted less than a year and the line was later abandoned.