The one shot that everyone wants on the IERR is of a train crossing the large trestle at Okeana, so with the SD9 leading, this one was a no-brainer. A horse grazing in the field below barely notic... (more)

Couldnt pass through the Upper Penninsula of Michigan without stopping in to check in on the Escanaa and Lake Superior's shops at Wells. Although this visit was different as I had the drone with m... (more)

A pair of vintage Burlington Northern EMD SD9s power a westbound welded rail train past the depot at Rochelle, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 10, 1996.

After working the CSX interchange for over an hour, IERR 206 has now crossed the CSX diamond and heads south past the IERR's office, a converted residence, in Cottage Grove.

With the C&O era code line still standing, this scene along the Indiana Eastern's former C&O of Indiana mainline at Milepost 44 on the south side of Cottage Grove is almost like something right ou... (more)

A battered and ancient C&O era crossbuck stands silent watch near the west end of Shandon Siding on the Indiana Eastern Railroad's former C&O of Indiana mainline at New Haven Road in Shandon, Ohio... (more)

Indiana Boxcar Corporation SDM 818 and Chesapeake & Indiana GP38-2 5152 are seen near the Co-Alliance Grain elevator. Built in April 1959 as Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD9 172, back when 2-8-8-4... (more)

Several old EMD SD9's are parked at the ELS shop in Wells Michigan awaiting an uncertain future.

ELS 1221 keeps company with a former GATX Capital Corp. SD40-2 on a beautiful late summer day in Michigan.

A birds eye view of the deadline at the Escanaba & Lake Superior Roundhouse just north of Escanaba Michigan.

Dakota Southern 506 started life in 1954 as Milwaukee Road 2232. It was painted in this scheme during 1989 to celebrate South Dakota's centennial. It's now facing an uncertain future, as the tra... (more)

Two SDs, an old geep and a new GP38-2 head out of Marshalltown on the former Minneapolis & St Louis main, headed for Albert Lea and points north. I believe much of this line is gone now.

A pair of unlikely companions at St. Albans, VT... New England Central Railroad's veteran SD9M 1750 holds down the daily yard duties on the 501 train and is awaiting the CN M3242115 power to cut ... (more)

New England Central SD9 switcher NECR 1750 works the yard at St Albans while Canadian National train 324 has just arrived from Montreal with the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Heritage Locomotive CN 3023

Southern's small group of former Central of Georgia SD9s (and a single SD7) tended to be found in either yard or transfer duty in Atlanta and Birmingham. That is not what is happening here, thoug... (more)