In the quietest moments of a winter storm, fire and ice converge in the tangled trackwork at Metra's busiest interlocking in the Chicagoland area.

Chilly night along Elkhorn Creek.

Santa Fe F7 38C leads the eastbound San Francisco Chief past the siding at Christie, California, on April 24, 1971. The train only has a week of operation left before the start of Amtrak. Fujichr... (more)

A 3-unit set of Erie Railroad Alco FA1's waiting for their next assignment. 35mm slide from my collection, photographer unknown.

At daybreak, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief is behind schedule, but rolling at full throttle off the Crookton Line Change at Williams Junction, AZ--and up the Arizona Divide. Next stop: Flagst... (more)

The dispatcher has an eastbound lined up at the E.E. Miller City as the morning fog begins to roll in on a cool summer morning.

Amtrak westbound train number three was treading lightly through the remains of a two story building that was being moved across Santa Fe's Second District main line in Highland Park, CA hours ear... (more)

BN 6847 in this shot from my collection, no photographer listed.

Stored unserviceable were the commuter E-units in the early 80's in Bensenville,IL. West Yard. A sad fate for this once proud fleet of locomotives from EMD.

Stored unserviceable were the commuter E-units in the early 80's in Bensenville,IL. West Yard. A sad fate for this once proud fleet of locomotives from EMD.

Stored unserviceable were the commuter E-units in the early 80's in Bensenville,IL. West Yard. A sad fate for this once proud fleet of locomotives from EMD.

KCS 1, 2 & 3 was on display in Mexico Missouri for KCS's 2013 Holiday Express Train.

Rock Island Train 18, "Twin Star Rocket," barrels eastward out of North Topeka, Ks. on time on Union Pacific track en route to Kansas City where it will return to home rails. Operating from Hous... (more)

Led by an F and two E units, Rock Island's "Golden State Limited" rushes into Topeka, Kansas where it will cross the Kansas River and enter Union Pacific trackage rights for the run to Kansas City... (more)