A single F40PH leads a string of Superliners as the eastbound Wolverine works its way toward Michigan. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Amtrak switchers, including one still wearing former Penn Central colors, are seen switching passenger cars outside of Chicago's Union Station. The former Railway Express Agency buildin... (more)

A C30-7 leads an EMD as they head south along the former C&EI through Dolton as they approach Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.

A Speno rail grinder is seen working the Grand Trunk Western mains through Michigan. Tom Bowers photo.

A Union Pacific SD40-2 leads a pair of Santa Fe units as they head east along the Indiana Harbor Belt through Dolton as a CSX freight passes on the adjacent trackage. Tom Golden photo.

An all-EMD consist is seen leading a TV-train as it cuts through a park in Pittsburgh. Charly Amidon photo.

A widecab CNW GE leads a standard cab UP toaster on a southbound (railroad east) NIPSCO coal train on the IHB mainline over the Cal Sag Channel. Tom Golden photo.

The Union Pacific and Western Pacific heritage of the locomotives in this CMNW consist is pretty obvious as the train awaits departure west from the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard. Paul M... (more)

A trio of CMNW's former Western Pacific Geeps are seen awaiting to tie onto their outbound train at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Paul Meyer photo.

One of C&IM's RS1325s is seen basking in the sun at the company's yard in Springfield. Tom Golden photo.

The Brillion and Forest Junction Railroad was a shortline that operated between its namesake towns in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its power was a chop nose former Milwaukee Road RSC2 which st... (more)

Continental Grain's contribution to the fleet of America's bicentennial-themed locomotives was this former Santa Fe Alco S4 which serviced the company's elevator in Gilman, Illinois. Paul Meyer p... (more)

A Santa Fe SD45 leads a fellow bluebonnet GE on a Conrail freight from Chicago's Corwith Yard bound for nearby Elkhart. Tom Bowers photo.

A pair of Amtrak F40PHs are seen bringing the Sweden-built X2000 past Joliet's Union Station. The X2000 was used in testing along the Northeast Corridor during 1992 and 1993 and was the predecess... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)