A trio of ICG EMDs leads a coal train through Gilman, IL. Paul Meyer photo.

A trio of Illinois Central Gulf six-axle EMDs is seen moving engine-lite through Gilman, IL. Paul Meyer photo.

A pair of 1960's veterans are seen tied down at Gilman for the weekend on TP&W. Come Monday morning and a crew will hop aboard for a trip to East Peoria.

Colorful consist

In a scene that looks dramatically different today, BN train #91 departs Bill, WY northbound in May of 1991. The southbound coal train in the distance will have to wait for the BN train to clear w... (more)

Illinois Central SD20 2032 leads a transfer around the north leg of the Belt Railway of Chicago's wye at 67th street in Chicago in Aug 1996.

BN 7223 heads towards Bill, WY with an empty coal train in May of 1991. It's hard to imagine this being a single track RR at one time.

An eastbound ATSF trailer/train with SD40-2 5181, 5077 and an SD45 5543 at Flynn, Oklahoma.

CNW 6905 is about to duck under Hwy 13/151 near Bertram, IA, just east of Cedar Rapids in October of 1989.

Watco's Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad "Colfax" Job arrives Winona, WA where their 42-car train will be split in half. The first half going to Endicott and the remainder getting s... (more)

Engineer Welch has two former SP "GRIP" SD45's bracketing a former SSW SD40T-2 on a 47-car westbound empty "Scoot" train heading towards Coulee City. It was nice to hear a blue 20-645E3 in Run 8 ... (more)

An SKO freight departs Chanute with an eclectic consist. SKO 4103 was formerly KCS 4103.

NORMAN OK January 1975 -- The races on. Santa Fe GP38 3544 passes University of Oklahoma long distance runners on the east side of the OU Duck Pond area. The eastbound (compass north) train is app... (more)

It's the CNW. Really! Soo Line 6607 leads a southbound coal train on CNW's New Line at Bain (Kenosha), WI in November of 1989, while a northbound freight, let by FRVR 2402 waits in the siding. It'... (more)

An ex KCS GP30 leads an SKO freight which is about to cross the Union Pacific diamond at Benedict, KS.