It's midday in the small town of Lapel, Indiana as CEIW 4295 starts switching out cars bound for the Brockway Glass across town.

CEIW 4295, a CNW GP7 rebuild, leads a small local past the former Big Four depot in Anderson, Indiana.

The CEIW 4295 comes to a slow creep for the conductor to grab his switch list from the CSX yardmaster just behind me. Here is where they come into town and get onto CSX.

CEIW 4295 wakes up the town of Lapel, Indiana as it comes through with 15 empties for CSX. The small town of just over 2,000 was founded in 1876 when the railroad was extended out to it.

The caboose train is making its westbound run back to the museum with another outstanding lash-up put together by the Illinois Railway Museum. CRIP 4506 and ITC 1605 have the honors.

CRIP 4506 idles at the Illinois Railway Museum before being used for throttle time during Diesel Days to raise funds for operations at the venue.

A Canton crew shoves a cut of CSXT gons across S. Clinton St, into the Ruckert Terminal.

A rebuilt Rock Island GP-7 leads seven Southern SD-24 units detouring west on the former Wabash.

The freshly restored Rock Geep is displayed just after sunset at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Four restored units are posed on the west end of the East Union Depot. From left to right, BN 5383 (U30C), C&NW 411 (F7A), CB&Q 504 (SD24) and CRI&P 4506 (GP7R).

Bangor and Aroostook GP7R 65-70 and an ex-Conrail GP38 with stored BL-2's at N. Maine Jct. yard, Bangor,Maine

The Rock Island 4506, recently refurbished by IRM, sits at the west end of the station tracks posed in front of the old EJ&E Spaulding tower after sunset.

The weather is getting colder and the trees are changing color, perfect time for a back road, some geeps, and jointed rail in western CT!

CTN 1364 pulls an empty boxcar from the Ruckert Terminal.

CEIW 4295 leads a 24 car train south through Anderson, Indiana on its way to the yard to interchange with CSX. To get these guys moving is a difficult task but to get them moving on Sunday is next... (more)