C&NW M-2 0-6-0 2157 and a diesel near the 40th Street yard office. Of course I concentrated on photographing 2157 and hardly glanced at one of the rarest diesel locomotives ever built! This was Ba... (more)

As 1956 arrived it became obvious that the end of steam in Chicagoland was getting ever closer. Some railroads were already dieselized while others used steam rarely and were therefore hard to pho... (more)

As 1956 arrived it became obvious that the end of steam in Chicagoland was getting ever closer. Some railroads were already dieselized while others used steam rarely and were therefore hard to pho... (more)

FIRST STEAM - for the first time in fifty years, CNJ #113 reclaims her life with a long cry on her whistle heard throughout the town.

Engine 58 works hard trying to get its consist up the steep grade.

The last steam (fireless) loc in use in Slovenia

The last photo of the day was perfect with a low sun angle which isn't found often on this line. It is the right time of the year for this, and I took full advantage of it. A special thanks to the... (more)

Venerable number 58 leads a train towards Hockessen.

CP 2023 with the demonstration freight train at Calagry Heritage Park Railway Days

Early morning doubleheading at Heritage Park on a beautiful fall day!

One of the largest 0-6-0s ever built and in sad shape when we appraised her, wheels wore out, shabby and seemingly never to run again, confined to a quarter mile or so loop of track on a shut down... (more)

The C&NW 40th Street engine terminal had two huge coaling towers. In early 1956, C&NW M-3 0-6-0 2610 took coal at one of the towers. This picture was taken a month or so before May 22, 1956, the l... (more)

CP 2023 double headed with CP 2024 at Calagry Heritage Park Railway Days