Three of the Nickel Plate’s classy Berkshire locomotives sit out their final days at Bellevue yard before their inevitable dates with the cutting torches. James Lennon photo. Barry Lennon coll... (more)

NKP #587 leads an excursion south towards Bloomington, Indiana on the Indiana Railroad. The train is pictured here on the far south side of Indianapolis.

A trio of MLW M636’s brings a loaded ore train south towards Port Cartier. The train is pictured just south of Dog siding.

An A-B-A set of F3's leads a southbound mixed freight past the Dwight station. The engineer is poised to snag his orders from the iron man, which is just to the right of the camera. James Lennon... (more)

Trailer train R138, with its customary reefers on the head end, throttles back up to track speed after passing the Garrett Depot. At the time of this photo the #6573 was the last active unit on t... (more)

A B&O painted GP30, with its original sunburst scheme showing through, leads an empty scrap steel train west towards Gary, Indiana.

Barry Lennon Sr. photo. Barry Lennon collection.

What had to be the most extraordinary hi-wide move I’ve ever seen was what the INRD dubbed as the “Bucket Train”. The INRD had the task of transporting two dragline coal buckets from the Bl... (more)

GP30 #520, still wearing its original GM&O paint scheme, leads a southbound out of the Bloomington yards past BN Target tower. The tower here protected the crossing of the ICG's Chicago to St. Lo... (more)

LS&I C30-7 #3072 along with U30C #3010 lead the 7:00 am Hill Job westbound across the Dead River Trestle en route back to Eagle Mills with ore empties. The empties will eventually be taken back t... (more)

GP30 #518 waits for its next assignment in the Bloomington engine pit while the moon rises in the eastern sky in this ten minute time exposure.

F9A #4210 leads the LTV's infamous "6-pack" up and away from the dock at Taconite Harbor just moments before the shadows engulf the entire scene. The F-units were running in the 3:00 pm slot this... (more)

A pair of GP30's along with another geep take an eastbound from Garrett, Indiana to Willard, Ohio. James Lennon photo. Barry Lennon collection.

Illinois Central train I-11 coasts by the restored station in Galena as it heads west towards Dubuque, Iowa.