A Chicago & North Western freight approaches Santa Fe Junction near the state line at Kansas City, Missouri, on September 15, 1990. C&NW EMD SD40-2 Nos. 6845 and 6908 power the westbound train tha... (more)

MKT train #101 is on former Missouri Pacific rails here between Whitesboro and Denton, TX.

CNW 401 leads a business train thru Oak Creek, WI in June of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the original passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee. This was one of the clas... (more)

Alco's and wig-wags, what a combination! CNW 6722 enters the North Fond Du Lac, WI yard in April of 1976. Fran Wiener photo from my collection.

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad EMD F3(A) 401 and 404 at Peoria, Illinois in June 1950. M&StL had 6 F3's road numbers 400-405, and 8 F7A's 406-413. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photo... (more)

Westbound as viewed from the US30 overpass. The second main track here that was torn out a few decades earlier was relaid ain the late 1990's.

SD45 #950 passes CNW's distinctive semaphores on an extremely foggy day in October of 1984. Pre-digital, you crossed your fingers that the exposure was correct!

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway FP7 #1607 with F3B #1505 and F3A #1203 leads passenger train The Georgian on April 30, 1951. Photo taken from my slide collection. photographer unknown.

Two EMD A units separated by an Alco FA, rush a MoPac red ball freight onward toward St. Louis on June 3, 1961. A weed sprayer work train on the Cotton Belt RR was in the clear near Paragrould, ... (more)

With the 1993 midwestern flood wreaking havoc on many carriers, the railroads are doing their best to keep traffic moving via detours on the remaining lines still above water. The Santa Fe is also... (more)

A mix of CNW EMD's and UP GE's lead a westbound freight off of the Mississippi River bridge into Clinton. The unique signal bridge governs movements onto the river bridge going east and movements... (more)

A westbound WP freight leaving Oroville Yard with four F7s and a GP9 trailing.

At the suggestion of 1st trick Operator Sam Armstrong, Mike Nelson climbed the signal bridge and got this view of a westbound. "It'll make a better picture!", Sam surmised. 110C has 91 loads and... (more)