Come On Guys, Let's Go An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by... (more)
A Perfect Train Two E9s and matching gallery cars. At the left you are looking directly into LaSalle Street Station with it's long-gone head house above and above that the original Board ... (more)
She once had a beautiful paint scheme!
NB during the morning rush on the Suburban Branch but I think trains coming the other way are being told to stop!
Ready to Go as the Conductor Steps On Last
The Engineer Enjoys the Ride Accelerating Out of Englewood Union Station This is Rock Island's version of EMD's BL2. BL stood for "branch line" because the unit was lighter and more functi... (more)
An EMD intercity failure ends its days at age 10 downgraded to commuter service, not a good application of a train with few and narrow doors. There are actually three additional RI trains in the d... (more)
CP 3400 making a commuter train.
CP 3400 to Aveiro, passing in Salreu (Estarreja).
CP 3400 making a commuter train Porto Capanhã to Aveiro, Salreu (Estarreja).
It's dawn on a sub zero morning just after Christmas. The tracks south of Chicago Union Station are crawling with BN 'dinkies' as the commuters start arriving for another weekday rush hour. How ma... (more)
#784 with tender sitting cold on the service track.
The running gear of #784 up close and personal.
