The Soo Line freight car shop in North Fond du Lac, WI is a busy place in May of 1985. It was fairly easy to get permission to wander thru the shop in Soo Line (and WC)days.

Illinois Central E6 4003 and E7 4007 are leading train 51 The Green Diamond near Springfield, Illinois on March 7, 1955. The Green Diamond covered the 294 miles from Chicago to St. Louis in 4 ... (more)

NS 276, a reroute to these areas after a rockslide issue in WV, heads past the "Chapman Beverley Mill." The "Reading" heritage unit was a nice little treat as well. This 18th century mill operat... (more)

DRGW 477 (DSNG 473 re-numbered) steams across High Bridge in the rain.

With the World Trade Centers standing tall in the distance, Conrail, CR T6's 9847-9849-9845, move at the ex-Erie Croxton Engine terminal at Secaucus, New Jersey. May 12, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © p... (more)

Respondek Railroad 8955 (GP40), 1800 (GP8) and 2064 (GP40) sit on a spur track at the port in Granite City, Illinois.

As the sun starts to rise over the hills and into the valley, NS 170 breaks through fog covered Kentucky River at High Bridge as it heads north toward Cincinnati

San Joaquin Valley Railroad GP38-2 3818, looking a bit ragged due to all the graffiti adorning it, was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in November 1973 as Colorado & Western 2001. ... (more)

An empty oil train with six units heads west back to the oil fields of Wellington, UT as it climbs the 2% grade of Coal Creek Canyon towards Tunnel 1.

CSX M433 passes by the New York Susquehanna & Western engine facility as it approaches North Bergen, NJ. In the lead is CSX's heritage unit painted for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rai... (more)

The unique photo of our steam locomotive - it is a private property of "Towarzystwo Ochrony Zabytków Kolejnictwa i Organizacji Skansenów w Pyskowicach", in the sand field in Jaworzno C... (more)

Chessie B&O GP40-2's 4293- 4235. with a northbound coal train along the Monongahela River, on the Monongahela Railway at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. April 23, 1986. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A year ago, when FEC debuted its new Grupo paint with an "open house", the frame of FEC SD40-2 #719 sat in the corner of the shops. They were building a geometry car of sorts, taking a page out t... (more)

Maybe the last time I saw a pure set of Warbonnets working a train ... descending Cajon Pass, passing under I-15 and bending south to head down the canyon, ATSF 112 and company handle a stack trai... (more)

An employee Family Day event was held at CSX's Boyles Yard in Birmingham, Alabama, and despite the rain, it was a huge success! The L&N heritage unit was on display and open for cab tours, while t... (more)