The sun pops out on a weekend railfan trip to Council Bluff and John made hay at the UP terminal. He was in the Midwest for work assignment and had the weekend to explore, riding a Rock Island tra... (more)
A three week assignment at the RI Arsenal meant the godfather had some downtime to capture the flavor of Midwestern railroading surrounding the area. This was taken in the terminal trackage at the... (more)
As darkness closes in at an unidentified location in Wyoming near Sherman Hill, a wild consist of 1st generation EMD products is spotted with a freight. Soon their era will end and the second gene... (more)
Somewhere in Wyoming west of Cheyenne the City Of SF/LA roars by. Speculation this could have been the coach section with the Pullman section following, clues being the single dome and predominate... (more)
Paused at Kankakee with ex-B&O power serving out it's final year of service and leading what's thought to be the Shawnee. In March the next year F40PH #203 would take it's place on the Amtrak rost... (more)
From a 1967 weekend railfanning adventure to Council Bluffs, including a stop at the UP Council Bluffs Engine Terminal
Move over 1943, Here's your UP Lab LOCO! This franken-ALCO was a graveyard smash! It was spotted at the Bluffs in the Summer Of Love prior to being traded in to EMD in '68 for it's own 'monster m... (more)
Westbound past the old water tank at Harriman which still stands today
The sign at Federal marks the siding a few miles north of Cheyenne.
In the lonely outpost of Federal a nice looking consist has a manifest in tow.
In the rack at Cheyenne, this power will go out later on a northbound.
The tail end of all freight trains back in the 1960s had one of these.
Emerging from the east portal at Moffat framed by the fall colors, 5323 is one of the SD45's from DRGW's first order of that model.
This F9 survives today.
Westbound climbing the slope
