Two former Illinois Central Paducah rebuilds are spending their final days pulling loaded soybean hoppers around the massive ADM facility in Valdosta, Georgia. A testament of EMD quality is on ful... (more)
Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)
3643 is being set out to head up to Von Storch later in the day.
Sitting alone outside Von Storch.
PO-74 underway; going all the way to Portland.
A 7 hour+ late City of New Orleans makes its shove move to Union Station as it passes the Amtrak facilities at 18th Street. I've seen some pretty cool units lead Amtrak trains in the past, but an ... (more)
It's hard to get much more Illinois Central than this. After an equipment failure in route with one of the trailing Amtrak Chargers, IC SD70 #1027 was sent to the rescue on this 7+ hour late City ... (more)
National Locomotive's rebuilt former Norfolk & Western RS36 #1800 sits at the shops that NALCO shared with the Morristown & Erie Railroad. This was to be the first in a group of RS11 and RS36 rebu... (more)
Grafton & Upton 1751 is sporting fresh paint after repairs were made after years on the side line. The GP9R was built as a straight GP9 for the Grand Trunk Western as their 4932 in November, 1958.... (more)
On a sunny morning in Chicago's south side, HZRX CF7 #1500 shoves a short train of scrap gons into one of the mills at South Shore Recycling. This unit was built as a Santa Fe F7A and has been wor... (more)
ex PBR slug S2 sits outisde the Tradepoint Rail engine house, awaiting scrapping on site.
CSX L637 at the Seaboard Air Line Depot in McBee
Eastbound on the west end bridge. Trailing units are SD45B-2 5516, SD40E EMDX 6431 and Dash 9-44CW 744.
MLW M630 leads a later in the day PO-74 past Snag Pond in Goldsboro.
With airfare to Newark being 50% of airfare to Philadelphia, I flew into New Jersey for a cousin's wedding in Delaware. Doing so did give me the chance to ride the train to Wilmington and to get a... (more)