An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.

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After a bankruptcy and long wait for a savior through merger, Milwaukee Road’s physical plant was not the best. This included the weathered paint on its locomotives. New owner ... (more)

Monon Shops, Lafayette, IN, 08/02/59. Original Kodachrome slide, photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

SPS 866 has been parked in the NW Industrial area with other historical pieces of equipment for over a decade. After BNSF land locked the units by cutting switching in the area and lack of space a... (more)

Katy was desperate for motive power when they got some KCC high cab units. When chopping the cab and hood they got it almost right but somewhat lower than normal. Other units were repainted but ... (more)

Now at Larry's Truck the SP 2641 was Brand New and shiny in 1972. The now rusty and picked over SW 1500 sports LTEX reporting markings and the paint is nearly gone but the Southern Pacific Lineage... (more)

Wearing an Olympic cycling trials billboard point job.

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

An ABBA set of what was once common freight power leads a Santa Fe freight through Oklahoma City on the elevated portion of track over the Rock Island and Frisco. Taken by Frank Tribbey. Patrick M... (more)

CSX's Monon and New York Central heritage units depart Nashville with train M21227 after a crew change at Kayne Avenue, passing the historic L&N Union Station.

Larry's Truck never disappoints with the variety of relics on display. Heading up a row of old iron horses the SP 9391, Originally built as the St. Louis Southwestern RR "COTTON BELT" 93... (more)

60% Of The Time It Works Every Time. One of the "had to have" if possible shots from today was later in the afternoon, but it was the cooperation of the track selection lottery th... (more)

An NS locomotive assigned to the GM Plant in Wentzville, Missouri shuttles auto chassis from the yard to the plant building.