Peoria and Eastern cabin car 1601 punctuates the rear of a three car local westbound near Farmers City, IL.

A three car Peoria and Eastern local works its way west near Farmers City, IL. Some of this railroad is intact but is out of service.

Illinois Terminal Flexi-coil trucked SW1200 1206 rests adjacent to the dilapitated, but still in use, interurban carbarn in Springfield, IL.

Chicago and Illinois Western SW7 102 works the Ridgely Yard in Springfield, IL. C&IW was a Chicago-area shortline which fell under the control of the Illinois Central. This SW7, identified by on... (more)

SR high-nose GP35 2664, resting on Alco trucks, sits in the Danville, KY, yard, coupled to an older Geep.

Louisville and Nashville SW7 2250 sits in Louisville Union Station after the departure of Amtrak's southbound "Floridian", contemplating her next move.

A faded green locomotive sand hopper occupies the C&IM's facility at Taylorville. An office building, one stall enginehouse and sanding tower complete the scene at the east/south end of the railr... (more)

A southbound C&IM freight trundles down the joint C&IM - B&O trackage between Ridgely Tower and the C&IM yard located adjacent to North Grand Avenue in Springfield. SD38-2 #70, RS1325 #30, SD9 #5... (more)

Amtrak P30 #701 prepares to depart the Milwaukee, WI, station, bound for Madison, WI, with a U of W football special sponsored by the State House Bar. The train will operate down the branch from ... (more)

The October sun has just crept above the horizon and now casts a golden glow on Milwaukee Road 261, still disguised as DL&W 1661, as she waits to head east on the old B&OCT/B&O from the south side... (more)

Elderly EJ&E Baldwin VO1000 #483 drifts light back into the yard at Joliet, IL, on a late December day.

What do you do when both of your steam locomotives are on their last legs and you don't have enough dollars in the bank to purchase even a cheap diesel? You build your own, of course. This beaut... (more)

Former D&RGW standard gauge C-28 2-8-0 #688 rests in the tiny yard of the SSLV in Blanca, CO. As SSLV #105, she survived at Blanca after sister #106, ex-D&RGW 583, was moved to the Colorado Railr... (more)

Almost six and one-half years after the BN merger, 40 foot, friction bearing equipped Chinese Red boxcar 37743 rests on the house track behind the Osceola passenger station. The car was mint with... (more)

A mainline BN local freight, powered by an SD7, rolls her waycar slowly past the Mt. Pleasant passenger station so the operator/agent can exchange paperwork on the fly with the conductor. I suspe... (more)