Wabash EMD F7(A) 922 with GP7 474, and CB&Q (Burlington Route) GP7 208 at Peru, Illinois. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

With the Thomas Fire still raging in the background above the hills of Fillmore, FWRY 101 leads the noon Murder Mystery Lunch Train away from the smoke and flames and toward Piru. High above, a C-... (more)

Wabash F7 1189 holds next to the old Wabash coal chute in Decatur with the 2017 NS Santa Train.

Wabash 1189 and CN 6789 accelerate out of Decatur with the Norfolk Southern's Illinois Division Santa Train.

Monticello Railway Museum and Norfolk Southern every December put on a kick ass Christmas Special that runs between Decatur to Illiopolis and back that runs on the Illinois Division's Springfield-... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's Santa Train rolls slowly into Earl, Wisconsin as children and parents dine on pizza and visit with Santa and Mrs. Clause. Steve Smedley photo

The NS Santa Train heads west thru Niantic, IL.

The NS Santa Train heads west in the last light of day.

Wabash F7 1189 leads the NS Santa Train west out of Decatur. For one weekend each December, this classic unit leaves its home at the Monticello Railway Museum and does 4-5 trips each day between D... (more)

Monticello Railway Museum and Norfolk Southern every December put on a kick ass Christmas Special that runs between Decatur to Illiopolis and back that runs on the Illinois Division's Springfield-... (more)

Three ways to see Colorado’s Royal Gorge can be seen in this view at the west end of the canyon at Parkdale on June 3, 2011. As a raft floats eastward on the Arkansas River, it passes the Canon ... (more)

Bringing up the rear of this afternoon's Murder Mystery Lunch Train, FWRY 100 crosses an original Southern Pacific bridge on its way to Piru before it leads the return trip back to Fillmore.

Making its final approach to the Loose Caboose Christmas Tree Farm, FWRY 100 looks sharp in the mid-afternoon light as it leads the westbound 2PM train toward its destination. Once there, passenge... (more)

Crossing the 1902-built steel truss that spans part of the Santa Clarita riverbed, FWRY 100 leads the 2PM edition of the Christmas Tree Train west out of Fillmore with a final destination at the L... (more)

The Battle Rages On - Thomas Fire, Day 6. As the Fillmore & Western Railway's first westbound train since the start of the now 155,000-acre Thomas Fire trundles along as part of the 10AM C... (more)