Nothing rare here; an IHB SD20, Warbonnet Dash 9 and H2 GEVO to date the picture.
One of the few IHB SD20's is pulling on a cut of cars in the Blue Island yard.
The name of the city is proudly painted on the grain silos.
A transfer from IHB's Norpaul yard approaches the B'ville yard behind a pair of SD20's.
On a summer evening nice enough to go fishing, the WSOR eases across Monona Bay. It was rare to get all-red consists in this era, this power is off the WSOR roster in 2008. Rail in the foregroun... (more)
This is where they got the name "skunks". This SD20 was a leasor used to fill some power gaps WSOR had at the time and never became a WSOR locomotive.
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway SD20 81 leads SD9's 54 and 50 as they pull a long coal loads out of Powerton yards, before shoving into the Powerton Generating Station South of Pekin, Illinois.... (more)
SD20 #81 is ready to depart the North Limit Yard with interchange traffic from the Iowa Interstate.
2051 idles with a purpose as the temperature drops to and the last day's light slides from yard.
WSOR Madison switch awaits a crew.
C&IM 81 is the only unit left to still have the Chicago & Illinois Midland paint scheme.
"Pig-Pen, you're the only person I know who can raise a cloud of dust in a snowstorm." One of the final two SD20's on the Wisconsin & Southern emerges from it's own filth during yard operations.
Merry Christmas!
This is something you don't see everyday!!! C&IM 81, I&M 30, 31 and another I&M unit. I&M 30 and 31 are RS1325's the only two ever built.
