The Elgin Joliet & Eastern mainline curve is visible on the north side of this eastbound manifest.

The caboose of a northbound C&NW freight gets a flyover from a United Airlines 747 landing at O’Hare International Airport at Bryn Mawr, Illinois, in August 1984.

Aboard Amtrak No. 8 from the cab of F40PH No. 357 on November 9, 1992 just east of Rio and about 14.5 miles east of Portage, Wisconsin, we pass the scene of a derailment. I don’t remember the de... (more)

Heading for Duluth
A short Soo Line transfer freight approaches Grassy Point Drawbridge at Superior, Wisconsin, on October 19, 1985. Either the conductor is really cold, or the dampers ... (more)

On a busy afternoon in Opelika, a local resident finally gets across the tracks on her way home from shopping downtown. Right to left are train 215, an SCL run-through from Hamlet with a WP caboos... (more)

BNSF caboose with three MofW tank cars and AC4400 4734

A not-so-pretty black cab brings up the rear of a D&RGW freight exiting Byers Canyon as it heads west through the Colorado morning.

A trio of C424s and a BRC caboose return home to Clearing Yard after dropping off a transfer at the B&OCT's Barr Yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

The EJ&E 531 caboose at her final resting place, The Park Forest, IL Rail Park. Click here ... (more)

End of train at the Loop

End of train at the Loop

An eastbound coal train’s caboose waits for departure on a rainy and foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in April 1984. To the right of the train is the Cheyenne Shops, still being used at this po... (more)

A Rock Island local led by a C415 and a wooden transfer caboose works its way through the interlockings at 95th Street on the city's South Side. Tom Golden photo.

A rare photo of a CWP transfer featuring at least five fallen flags: An Illinois Central caboose, Erie Western boxcar, Soo Line covered hopper, and a Chicago, West Pullman, & Southern SW8, all on ... (more)

CSS 1062 and URTX 37076 were added to the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #624 display in Hammond in honor of the nation's bicentennial. Tom Golden photo.