Led by the uniquely painted E6A, a Rock Island passenger train heads south from LaSalle Street Station. Tom Golden photo.

With the Sears Tower under construction, a Rock Island passenger train departs LaSalle Street Station. Tom Golden photo.

MS Tower oversaw a connecting track between the NYC, PRR, B&O, and EJ&E. In this 1970 scene, a Penn Central passenger train heads east past the tower. Tom Golden photo.

Southern EMD E8 6910 and an E7A are westbound at Blue Ridge with the TENNESSEAN in my father's photograph. My color slide of this same train passing beneath the bridge is also on this website. The... (more)

The southbound Seaboard "Silver Star" rolls through Chester, Virginia behind E7(A) 3046, E7(A) 3035 and E8(A) 3051. From my slide collection, Photographer Wiley Bryan.

This is one of my father's earliest pictures in Denver. PA-1 6003 leads a PB-1 on a passenger train at Denver Union Station circa 1960. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Amtrak train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, originated in Chicago the previous day. Traveling along the shore of Lake Erie much of the way (thought Ohio, a sliver of Pennsylvania an... (more)

SP FP7 6393 was leading Rock Island E8 648 and two SP E7B's, eastward at Los Angeles, CA. on the Golden State in 1967. From my collection, Photo by Bob Ferge.

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

UP 951, in it's Preamble Express paint scheme. Heads eastbound up Weber Canyon. Tom Ellis photo.

Southern E8(a)s 6900-6914-6904 depart Peachtree Station in Atlanta, Georgia with Southern #1, the Southern Crescent circa 1970/1971. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

In the 1960s, my father sought out Santa Fe and Southern Pacific PAs whenever he was in California. Here, Southern Pacific #102, the eastbound City of San Francisco, is led by four PAs soon after... (more)

Illinois Central E8 4028 leads an A-B-A set on a passenger train departing Central Station in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Southern Pacific Train 52, the San Joaquin Daylight, is led by an A-B-A set of F7s at Richmond, CA in the 1960s. The train is about to pass under my father's vantage point, the Santa Fe bridge. ... (more)

When the Super was super

CN 6510 leads a heavy train 2, The Super Continental through Fort Langley, British Columbia on a beautiful autumn afternoon nearly half a ce... (more)