MP 2610, GP35, leads a train through Fountain, IL, on Sep 29 1979.

MP 3017 leads train HD at S Dupo, IL, Jun 30, 1979.

MP 2297 leads an eastbound train past the Kirkwood, MO depot, Jun 9, 1979

MP 3320 leads eastbound train #70 east of Pueblo, CO at 1215pm Jan 31, 1976.

MoPac 6066 leads a train at Oasage City, MO with the KSC train, 10am, Nov 11, 1981.

Founded in 1903 as a way to give the powerhouse Southern Pacific railroad competition into northern California, the Western Pacific was built to connect the Rio Grande railroad in Utah with the Sa... (more)

MP 2999 leads an eastbound train at Jefferson City MO, January 1982.

MP 3038 at Lomax, KS, March 1980.

Southbound BN WP run through "Highline" train on WP Keddie Wye

CNW SD38-2s 6655 and 6659 team up on the hump at Proviso Yard, C&NW's only hump yard at Bellwood, IL on Chicago's west side. This photo was taken from the main tower. The railroad ordered 10 SD38-... (more)

A CNW freight heads south near Haugen, WI with a bit of help from a Conrail unit. This train, 406 (DWPRA), handled mainly traffic from the CN at Duluth to Chicago connections. This piece of track ... (more)

The sound of these 6 Western Pacific units getting underway at Cliffside was simply overwhelming. They had held the main while an eastbound passed by on the siding. Thirty six years ago and I'm st... (more)

A westbound Western Pacific freight with (4) F7's rolling along the Feather River Canyon, California on July 29, 1970. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

No doubt where this photo was taken on the former T&P near Van Horn in wild West TX westbound heading for El Paso.

CNW 6831 brings a freight past CNW's distinctive semaphores in St. Francis, WI in July of 1986.