Nothing like a photo of a roll of toilet paper being hooped up to a southbound crew street running in Lafayette, IN on the former Monon Line during the early 1990s. Slide taken by Jack Hawkins. Jo... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD SD18 No. 6633 shows off its new paint job at the railroad’s Proviso Yard locomotive facility at Proviso, Illinois on the morning of March 15, 1992. C&NW acquired a gr... (more)

A new addition to the Cresco city park is a Milwaukee Road FP7 locomotive, box car and caboose.

VIA Rail's Sunday-morning Abitibi (no. 606) is lined up at Senneterre for the 9.28 departure of the 440 mile run to Montréal.

Basking in the morning sun is freshly painted SD70M-2 4064. For those eager to catch it on SU-99 or SU-100, you may be in for a wait. Word is an Emissions issue has the unit sidelined for a bit.... (more)

Coming East Again. Famously acquired by Doyle McCormack after a lengthy career where it saw service for the ATS&F, Delaware and Hudson, and in Mexico, Santa Fe Alco PA-1 #18 is one of four ... (more)

After 42 years of service to the railroad, December 4th was the retirement day for Mark Iams. Mark start with the ICG back in 1979. As with most old heads around the railroad he has seen his share... (more)

EB coal approaching the passing siding. Of course you can rationalize if you will but this is late March forty two years ago. Notice the foliage. It's late March 2023. Leaves are out, trees ar... (more)

ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Jordan Spreader Called to Duty WGBRWF-04 Sunday, March 5, 2023 Union Pacific moved Jordan Spreader ex-Rio Grande AX-41 to Rawlins, WY for snow removal work. Creeping along at 15 mph ea... (more)

An Alco FA & B set is east bound with 97 cars in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

TRRA 201 heads west across the BNSF through downtown St. Louis with their pair of SD60I's leading a gaggle of BNSF power from MEI.

A winter storm has cleared the area as WP 704 and WP 710 are stored next to the roundhouse in the Western Pacific Stockton yard. To the right is UP 1223, a sign of the merger that was to come. Pho... (more)

ATSF train 17, The Super Chief, is seen running 70 MPH west of Ayer Colorado on February 22nd 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

EMD siblings line up at Altoona. SD40-2 no. 6821 is from the second order of SD40-2s that CNW made and was received in February 1974, just as I went to work for C&NW. It survived the UP merger reb... (more)