I was able to catch a real treat on Wednesday night. I was able to catch Railserve GP7U 1337 of Santa Fe heritage. It's the first time I've caught this guy leading. Originally ATSF 2696. Second un... (more)

Missouri Kansas and Texas, MKT GP7's 95 -119 -91, at Pryor, Oklahoma. September 12, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CNW 4140 departs Jefferson Junction, WI with a decent size train in July of 1991. The train is headed for Clyman Junction on CNW's Adams Line, where it will exchange outbound freight for inbound f... (more)

Chicago & Eastern Illinois GP7 211 leads a string of 40ft tank cars at Bongard, Illinois on August 22, 1956. Photo by Paul Moffitt, from my collection.

FRVR leads a train back to Appleton after switching the Fox River valley in December of 1992. This ex-CNW line generated a lot of business from al the paper mills in the area.

Erie Lackawanna, EL 1226 GP7, at N. Bergen, New Jersey. May 4, 1976. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

EL, Erie Lackawanna GP7 1233 and ex-EL Conrail F7a 1891 at the ex-Erie Croxton engine terminal, Secaucus, New Jersey, June 19, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

C&EI GP7 71 (originally numbered 206) with a lone ERIE 40ft box car and C&EI Caboose 438, crossing the Chicago 21st street diamonds on June 2, 1968. The C&EI had 30 GP7's (203-232) easily their... (more)

MKT local in the siding

This was C&NW Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, where all the C&NW locomotives on museum property were given a chance to run trains on the mainline. The museum also hosted the C&NW Historica... (more)

This was C&NW Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, where all the C&NW locomotives on museum property were given a chance to run trains on the mainline. The museum also hosted the C&NW Historica... (more)

CNW 4554 crosses the Fond Du Lac River in Fond Du Lac, WI in July of 1988. CNW's Airline would become the Fox River Valley Railroad in December of 1988 and get absorbed into the WC in 1993. Althou... (more)

New Jersey DOT GP7 5907, ex-CNJ, Central Railroad of New Jersey GP 7 #526, is jumping off the NEC at Hunter tower, and swinging on to the ex-Lehigh Valley. It will run on there until it reaches th... (more)

EL, Erie Lackawanna GP7 1237, with a transfer run at Kearny, New Jersey. February 12, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Storage, and SO MUCH to see here. GP7's, GP30's F's, cabooses, and freight cars with no graffiti. C&NW, yard, Des Moines, Iowa. January 13, 1983. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo