My father visited the MN&S a few times on one his business trips to the Twin Cities. On this day in the early 1970s, he captured MNS DT6-6-2000 21 passing under Highway 55 as it enters Glenwood J... (more)

A old Baldwin DT 66-2000 center cab rests out of service at Peabody coals large facility in Lenzberg Illinois in the fall of 1975. at the time there were several other Baldwins still in service... (more)

The Last Repowered EJ&E Baldwin DT66-2000 number 921 rests at the roads Gary yard in the Summer of 1976. These units were repowered with EMD engines and long hoods giving them a different look.... (more)

Peabody Coal DT 66 2000 50 rests At Lenzberg. This unit was assigned to River King Mine

Builders photo of the cab interior of EJ&E Baldwin #100. This is a companion photo to #689849. This is another photo that was attached to a letter to the C&NW to entice them into considering the b... (more)

Route of the "400" and tiger stripes? Builders photo of EJ&E #100, known as the Golden Goose. This photo was attached to a July, 1946 letter to C&NW's Chief Mechanical Engineer. It toute... (more)

MN&S 21 sits on display at IRM.

MNS 21 is on display at Diesel Days at the Illinois RR Museum in July of 2009. Thank goodness these museums exist to preserve what would otherwise likely be lost.

A transfer engine at the MN&S shop. Taken with Kodachrome II film and a Miranda G camera.

Westbound EJE train approaching Griffith junction led by EMD rebuilt exBaldwin center cab

From my slide collection by an unknown photographer.

Everyone that ended up being interested in trains probably has one particular unit that "did it" for them...well this model was mine. My earliest childhood memory of trains revolves around the big... (more)

Trona DT6-6-2000 51 and AS-616 52 idle outside the shops at Trona, California, November 7, 1970.

Not much light left!

the excellent junction of EJ&E, EL, GTW, C&O and PC at Griffith, IN was a great place to visit in '72 as a westbound EJ&E train curves into town from the north headed toward Joliet, IL