Repainted IC GP40R 3103 leads CN L512 East through Buffington as fires shoot out the stacks of the BP Whiting refinery due to a apparent power failure to the plant

While exploring Indiana Railroad’s Hiawatha Yard, with permission, of course, a short northbound freight passed by with their 25th Anniversary locomotive on the point. Indiana Railroad SD90MAC ... (more)

SP 8982 waits to proceed West in the former Nickel Plate Road yard at Hobart Indiana in 1978.

One of the more interesting passenger trains in the United States recently was the Hoosier State, operated four times per week between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois, with thi... (more)

CSX M204 heads north passes through Memphis Indiana with a newly rebuilt SD70AC on a cold winter day.

NYC FM CFA16-4 6601 leads a freight near South Bend Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Lakeshore blasts through the 2nd round of snow. Riley's Railhouse is a high end recommendation for a great place to stay and watch trains.

The daily NS local that runs between Elkhart and Burns Harbor runs through downtown Chesterton with a SD70M-2 duo on a chilly afternoon in early January. This was the only day the sun was out for ... (more)

A rare daylight run west of shops on the South Shore's new non-street running section in Michigan City heads west along 11th St with extra power in tow.

Built in 1960 as UP 701 today MG Rail 700 leads a cut of cars back to its yard after a CSX local had dropped cars off to it. Check out that one piece windshield.

A rebuild leads an NS westbound into the sunset

CSX GE C40-8W No. 7683 hauls a train of autoracks westbound at Gary, Indiana, on the old Baltimore & Ohio main line late in the day of February 11, 1995. Just to the north on the former New York C... (more)

IHB GP38-2 5627 smokes it up as it leads IHB 115 East through CP 501.

Repainted IC GP40R 3137 leads CN L512 East through Buffington.

I can almost hear the cicadas along this neat country road on a hot, humid and hazy September 11, 1988, at Pinola Indiana. Around the curve rolls a westbound Conrail coal train headed for Chicago.