Columbus & Greenville Baldwin AS-416 #606 was built September 1951

C&IM RS1325 #30 working at Ellis, IL || October 1987

Southwest Portland Cement H20-44 408 (ex-SWPC 66, ex-Union Pacific 1366, nee-FM demonstrator 2000), is seen at the company's Victorville facility on October 16, 1981. (Timothy Dickinson photo, Cr... (more)

The I&M "Powerton Roadswitcher" passes the Aventine ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois.

Getting a shot of a train with decent light coming off the lift bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, MI is quite a chore. The International Highway Bridge blocks most morning light and the trees on the wes... (more)

AZER 6070 rolls into Saratoga with some early Fall color showing. This unit was built as CNW 5029-B and became CNW 515 and then Metra METX 515.

A westbound led by SPSF merger paint FP45 5992 passes through Franklin Canyon between Christie and Collier. This location is behind the Tosco carbon plant.

Early era of Amtrak saw ATSF 543 working the coachyard as she did faithfully for Santa Fe for decades. For a collection of shots taken on this trip see the Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: FM H12-44TS
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 543
Train ID: hostle move
Photo Date: February, 1974

The Rock SW brings a cut of cars back to West Dav after working Oscar Meyer, as rebuilt GP7 4508 sits with sister 4506 waiting for assignment. This yard is still active today configured much the ... (more)

A pair of GP7 rebuilds in bankrupt blue are spotted in the yard at West Dav., active today under the IC&E banner.

The first car has a generator for the galley cars because the E-unit has no HEP.

TPW RS-11s #400 and #401 rest at East Peoria, IL || June 1975

We considered this one a great catch. I've hardly ever seen on of the ex-BN on the front of anything, much less in this paint scheme. Fortunately this one was working the dumper.

Out of Belen heading east, FP45 92 with Geometry Support Car 86 and Track Geometry Car 85 are off on the days inspection run.

It was always a pleasure to see one of these as the lead unit. FP45's were fairly frequent visitors here at this time, but they were often not the lead locomotive.