WSOR 10C soaks up the sun on an unseasonably warm new years day.

On the eve of Amtrak, we're in the cab of an ex-Burlington E9, on the point of the very last non-Amtrak combined Empire Builder/North Coast Limited/Afternoon Zephyr to Minneapolis and points west.... (more)

The Santa Train waits at its first stop - Gibson City, IL. Note the moon still high in the bright winter morning sky.

First stop of its 2006 we find the Illinois Central 101 in downtown Gibson City , Il

IC 101 cruises past a vintage grain elevator in rural Illinois in route to Gibson City.

Pacing along the IC 101 and this years Santa train at a steady 55 mph...

IC 101 trails the Santa train's dead head move to Gibson City on this crisp Sat. morning...

IC 101 leads the CN/IC Christmas train into the tiny town of Roberts.

See pages 24-25 of the December 1979 issue of TRAINS for the story

From the conductors seat of a E9 arriving in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

With its white class lights on the WSOR passenger train will be departing Janesville and heading to Monroe , Wi and later on today it will be heading to Madison , Wi

Snow from the previous night's storm lingers on the nose of the 10A as the pair of E9A's lay over near the roundhouse.

WSOR's pair of E9A's lay over in Janesville waiting for the next trip.

NWI Chapter NRHS night photo shoot at Horicon. The mosquitos from the nearby Horicon Marsh had a feast on railfans that night. Lighting by Ron Lundstrom & Lance Wales.