Auto-Train U36Bs 4010 and 4011 sparkle in the sun at the A-T facility located south of Louisville, KY. This was before derailments reduced the available equipment and it was combined with Amtrak'... (more)

Little Tuskegee Prairie 101 makes a run-by on IRM's mainline for the Blackhawk Chapter of the NRHS

KRM's Monon BL2 #32 performs a run-by on a fantrip northbound on the Monon north of New Albany, IN. The Louisville to Bloomington and return excursion had an unexpected delay at Bedford on the re... (more)

Late afternoon sun glints off of the side of Rock Island Train 5 as it curves through New Lenox. Dome-observation, Big Ben, a former D&RGW car, brings up the rear of the Rock Island, IL, bound tr... (more)

LST&T NW2 103 rests between assignments at the BN engine terminal in Superior, WI. 103 wore the Great Northern inspired paint scheme well.

After an overnight run on the Monon from Chicago, the southbound Floridian gets serviced at Louisville's Union Station. Now those overhead water tanks in the SDP40Fs can be filled with water.

An eastbound Rock Island TOFC train rests briefly at Joliet Union Depot for cross traffic to pass. U25Bs 237 and 225 sandwich GP40 4718 as they stand in the aftermath of an early spring snow stor... (more)

EMD re-engined ICG RS1 1133 rests the day after Christmas at the former GM&O Glenn Yard in Chicago. The upgrade work done to the 1133 included roller bearings.

Powered by a Southern Pacific A-A-B-A F unit set, Amtrak Train 6 climbs the west slope of Donner Pass with a heavy train. The six Pullmans accommodated a large group of travel agents escorted by ... (more)

Rock Island E7A 642 and E7B 610 stand at Bureau, IL, on a Blackhawk Chapter NRHS bicycle special. The crew received permission to tie the train down on the main while they went to lunch prior to ... (more)

Amtrak SDP40Fs 622 and 587 have just completed running around their train in Cheyenne and are preparing to tie back onto the headend of the train. This was how I spent my Thanksgiving Day in 1974... (more)

St. Louis-bound Amtrak #307 passes the old GM&O station at Wilmington, IL. The old structure still retained its semaphore train order boards.

Canadian Pacific dome-sleeper-observation Laurentide Park carries the markers on the eastbound Canadian at Field, BC. Are there more beautiful mountains in North America than these that surround ... (more)

Canadian Pacific RDC 9055 arrives Quebec City's passenger station as Train 152 from Montreal. In less than two hours it would depart Quebec City for Montreal as Train 153.

Canadian National's westbound Ocean Limited arrives Moncton with eleven cars behind MLW-built FPA-4 6768 and FPB-2 6858. After completing a crew change and its station work, the train will depart... (more)