At the 40th Street Yard, C&NW M-3 0-6-0 2629 took a spin on the turntable before being put to bed in the roundhouse. The M-3 class engines were built to the USRA design by Alco in 1919.
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)
All hail the Queen! Savannah & Atlanta 750 warms herself in the morning sunshine as an attendant touches up her makeup. Look at those brass candlesticks, the eagle perched on her headlight, the sa... (more)