Covered wagons in the middle of nowhere. No better sight!

The CRSA special crosses the Rock River in Janesville, headed back to Chicago with a pair of Illinois Central inspired covered wagons and matching business train.

Wrong railroad? Wrong time period? What is this? The Iowa Pacific E units race back to Chicago with their matching 5 car train, past the former Milwaukee Road Tower at Rondout, IL.

The CRSA special departs Union Station and explodes out of the new shed between Lake St and Canal St at the end of the morning rush. This train will head to Janesville, WI and return with a solid ... (more)

Emergency Engines. With the 2 units that regularly run the Saratoga & North Creek trains on the disabled list, the company had to call in backup in the form of 2 Iowa Pacific E8's. Here, th... (more)

A pair of Iowa Pacific E-units in an Illinois Central-inspired paint scheme have just ran around their train at North Creek after the arrival of train 189, the 'North Creek Express'. To the left i... (more)

At North Creek, a pair of beautifully painted E-units await the 3:45 departure of train 190, the 'Saratoga Flyer'.

The last time a matching set of cab units rolled over this bridge it was the D&H Alco PA's in the 1970's. Now, in 2013, a matching set of former C&NW E8's roll over the Sacandaga in an Illinois Ce... (more)

After a derailment near Thurman halted passenger excursions for the week, Illinois Central painted E8 #515 sits dormant outside the station in North Creek. During my brief visit here, I learned t... (more)

The late afternoon SB from North Creek to Saratoga rolls thru the Adirondack State Park with a nice set of matching E units. Typical Adirondack afternoon clouds are threatening to the north but t... (more)

Back to back E8's in Illinois Central colors roll down the Canadian Pacific tracks just north of the Saratoga station on a fine Summer evening. The train is on the last leg of it's trip from North... (more)

An Iowa Pacific E8 suns itself outside the historic D&H North Creek shop. This spot witnessed many rosters of D&H Alco switchers assigned to the Adirondack Branch. The 515 was assigned to the SNC ... (more)

With the painters tape and stencils freshly pulled off, the paint of the Iowa Pacific 515 can finish drying in the WSOR paint booth in Horicon, Wisconsin. This locomotive will join SLRG 518 out i... (more)