Business train crosses the flood stage Rock River south of Edgerton heading toward Madison.

IAIS 6988 races east with the last public excursion of the day

IAIS 718 passes through Sparland Illinois giving friendly horn as it passes the photo lines.

IAIS QJ 6988 leads a westbound excursion into Atkinson.

Warm weather as we take a trip to Chillicothe, IL to catch the Iowa Interstate Steam Excursions!

Here comes Santa Claus! INRD's Santa Train arrives at their first stop of Newton eventually ending its run at Sullivan Indiana.

On May 14, Lake State Railway and officials from various state agencies, along with Michigan's senators, assembled in Saginaw, Michigan, for the awarding of the Short Line of the Year by Railway A... (more)

Lake State Railway ran a series of passenger specials for company employees as part of the Family Day events on October 15. The train - with GP40-3s 800 and 1166 bookending the passenger equipmen... (more)

IAIS 151 leads an excursion train down the old Rock Island and underneath BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision in Chillicothe, IL.

The first passenger train to run this line in 40 years makes a stop at Chillicothe for passengers awaiting a trip north to Henry

IAIS 7081 leads the 1130 Excursion from Geneseo to Annawan and return over the creek west of Annwan.

Pre-Santa Train passenger special slams through the freshly rebuilt and now CTC-equipped interlocking at Linton at a cool 40mph (confirmed by Mr. AEI back there). Believe it!

It's nearly fall 1997, and a single passenger sits at one of the outside picnic tables as OHCR 13 (ex-BC&G 13) awaits its next departure time. Soon #13 and its train will leave, but for a moment t... (more)

A WSOR business train pauses behind the depot/yard office before proceeding east to Slinger.

Take an old gon, some ex-commuter cars and a beautiful old geep and you have a pretty nice little tourist operation.