Rochester & Southern train RS-1 approaches the Saltvale Rd crossing north of Warsaw, NY with a quartet of EMD standard cab locomotives.

Former N&W GP40, 1371, with the help of two Slugs and two additional units, leads a coal train upgrade into Bluefield Yard.

You want stripes? This is your lucky day. GP40 181, GP38-2 314 and RS3M 146 congregate at the Denison Tx. engine facility.

Illinois Central GP40 3014 in original black with white pin strips and green diamond herald.

Former Milwaukee Road GP40, now SOO 2066, leads a couple leasers on an eastbound freight at Lewiston, WI. The train is getting out of the way for a westbound empty coal train before continuing on ... (more)

On June 10, 1984, Burlington Northern’s local operating from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois, pauses just north of Earlville. The branch used to cross Chicago & North Western’s Troy Grove line... (more)

Buffalo & Pittsburgh EMD GP40 number 3101 is on point of the Rochester & Southern's Brooks Ave Yard to Silver Springs train as it works its way south out of Brooks passing the newly installed powe... (more)

A Burlington Northern local rolls through Illinois farm country between Compton and Paw Paw on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville... (more)

Atlanta & West Point GP40 #731, assigned as power for the local switcher, idles behind the depot. #731, built in May 1970, later became Seaboard System/CSX 6651

Rochester and Southern train BL-1 has BPRR 2030 leading as it works its way southbound out of Brooks Ave yard, passing Genesee Junction. Waiting for BL-1 to pass in Genesee Junction is the Liviona... (more)

40 years ago the Rock Island shut down. In this 1973 image a pair of units are at the run through service pit at the Silvis yards and shop complex.

Illinois tree tunnel
A Burlington Northern local approaches a “tree tunnel” as it slowly makes its way eastbound east of Shaws, Illinois, on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Ch... (more)

I was too young, and Rock Island was just out of reach, for me to have photographed the railroad in its last days. I sure wish I could have, but only saw bits and pieces of it as the years wore on... (more)

A 1966-built GP40 lends a hand to Amtrak, as the Capitol Limited passes Q-Tower and the Sand Patch helper pocket.

This group of employees of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific are working their last day at the Silvis shop. At 3PM second shift will go on duty and punch out at 11PM. At 11:59PM the Rock was gone... (more)