Westbound 273 train approaches Adeline as the Byron nuke plant can still be seen in the distance.

SOO 6058 heads under Rte 72 as it departs Davis Junction.

SOO 6058 West races across the rolling hills of northern Illinois.

Westbound Bensenville - Nahant train passes under the Elgin-Ohare Expressway as it makes its way through the western Suburbs.

Screaming up the .6% grade at 15MPH, two recently activated SD60M's have a 71 car Ross Turn in tow passing a field of harvested wheat.

During the third week of September, the oak brush along the hills in Spanish Fork Canyon is usually at or close to peak color. Here Rio Grande coal train #734 winds through the canyon with 84 IPPX... (more)

BNSF's Ross Turn races West behind a duo of SD60M's on a gorgeous Fall afternoon.

With the arrival of hundreds of new SD60Ms in the late 1980s to early 1990s, it seemed the big EMDs were everywhere on the UP. Here a trio of the ubiquitous EMDs lead the APLA (American President ... (more)

A pair of SD60M's lead the local back to Smithville from Taylor passing the historic Elgin Grain & Feed building in downtown Elgin.

Former CR SD60M 6799 powers this eastbound grain train through Rohr.

Onboard Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, and in a view from the left side of Amtrak F40PH No. 357 is a meet with a westbound freight led by Soo Line SD60M No. 6062 at Medary, Wisconsin, on Novemb... (more)

Two SD60M's storm up the half percent grade on a fine Autumn afternoon with a 51 car Ross Turn in tow.

NS train 883 rolls east a few miles west of Leipsic after sunset. This train is heading for Bellevue, OH, for next crew change. The 6806 was once was Conrail 5574, also is the last numbered SD60M ... (more)

A nice set of "older" EMDs leads Q439 west on a beautiful late summer afternoon. The Prospect Ave. grade crossing will be closed for rehabilitation in the coming week, and it seems the nearby swi... (more)

Friendly wave at Brookfield: On the afternoon of August 31, 1990, Soo Line train No. 943 with a new SD60M (last of the series) passes through Brookfield, Wisconsin. The late Ronald Morales is engi... (more)