Sometimes Wabash Train Masters led trains through Decatur. One such occasion occurred on April 2, 1966 when #553 handled an extra through town. Photo by Bill Warren, from my collection.

Former Nickel Plate Road GP9 523, renumbered by new owner Norfolk & Western at Madison, Illinois on November 19, 1966. Photo by John Booker, from my collection.

An eastbound Norfolk & Western train, with in the lead NKP Alco RS36 872, Wabash F7 680, NKP GP9 812 and NKP RS11 563 at State Line Tower crossing the EJ&E, N&W (ex-Wabash), and the IHB on Jul... (more)

During 1962 ten Alco RS36's replaced the Nickel Plate's ten PA's. Alco 874 and EMD 480 accelerate out of LaSalle Station in July 1964, bound for Buffalo with #8 The New Yorker. Service continu... (more)

BN GP39M 2819 (former CB&Q GP30 941), BN GP39M 2801 (former UP GP30 827) Santa Fe C30-7 8072 in merger paint scheme and BN GP39M 2822 (former GN GP30 3012) at Kansas City, KS on December 20, 1... (more)

SP SD9E 4363 at Eugene, Oregon in July 1991. The 4363 holds the honors as being the first high-hood SD to be repainted in the red/yellow bonnet scheme in 1986.

Former New Haven FA1's originally numbered 0428, 0467 and 0401 were quickly renumbered to PC 1330, 3395 and 1333 and remained at work for several years in freight service, in the Boston area. ... (more)

Only two GP40X's had been painted in the merger scheme, one the 3805 and the other 3803, which had already been repainted back into Santa Fe's standard blue and yellow by September 1986, when t... (more)

The first three SP RSD-15's were delivered in September 1959 and transferred to the T&NO subsidiary as 250-252. Cotton Belt RSD-15's 850-859 arrived in February and March 1960. Like the SP trio... (more)

In anticipation of an ICC approval of a AT&SF/SP merger, SP painted 5 of its 89 SD40R's in merger red and yellow. Units 7303, 7310 7357, 7361 and 7384. The 7384 sits in the afternoon sun at Eugen... (more)

Three BN SDP40s former Great Northern 323 (6397), 320 (6394) and 325 (6399). Built as SDP40s, steam generators have been removed by BN and restored as SD40s.

SP 2539 was the first SW1500 painted in the merger red and yellow scheme early in 1986. It was assigned to San Francisco, where this photo was taken on August 23, 1987. This scheme was short li... (more)

The Tunnel Motors were designed to keep units from overheating in tunnels and snowsheds like those on Donner Pass. The tunnel motor design was applied to 245 SP-SSW SD45T-2s and 239 SP-SSW and... (more)

Southern Pacific B36-7 7760 rests between assignments at Bedford Park , Illinois, on February 10, 1992. These high horsepower GEs, of 1980 and 1984, set the stage for even higher horsepower 4-ax... (more)

SP purchased in 1974, three GP40P-2s originally built for commuter service. In 1993 they were rebuilt and converted strictly for freight service by removing their steam generators. Originally bu... (more)