They had some stick-on lettering problems.

Across town the Rock Island was dying.

Interim scheme

A familiar sight around the city for years.

There was a little break in the clouds for once on this trip. After a week I decided that the only way to railfan New England is to live there and have no other commitments other than waiting fo... (more)

On a short layover I got some time to head back to the Flats for a visit to favorite old ramshackle operation. And sure enough a grizzled old veteran was idling aware adorned with battle scars, b... (more)

Idling for a long time, oil builds up in cylinders etc., then with a mighty roar a trio of GEs head out on a mine run. Oh, the humanity. God, I STILL love the smell of diesel smoke in the mornin... (more)

Corbin maybe. Hope you labeled your slides. I missed this one.

Believed to be Montgomery, slide not labeled.

With U.S. Steel closing their Keewatin Taconite iron ore mine/plant due to the current soft demand for steel, the firm is supplying its Granite City mill with ore from its large Minntac mine. Keew... (more)

GM&O came in from the northwest, A bit player on a large stage in those days, a little shabby and run down but what great character. In the immortal words of Tom Sink, a “soulful old road”.

The Dominion Atlantic local freight from Kentville has just arrived at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, behind CP SW1200 8132, clearing the way for the daily passenger run to Halifax. Soon the RDC laying ov... (more)

With light snow falling, Penn Central train PL-1 (Providence-Lowell) pauses in the yard at Framingham, MA, behind a pair of RS-3s. If you look closely you'll note that the ex-New Haven lead unit w... (more)