On my way from Traverse City to the Toledo area for the weekend, decided to head over to Detroit and cross the river and see if anything could be had. Found the CP roundhouse and wham-bam got 2 C... (more)

It's a good thing locomotives don't have body odor, 'cause this unit hasn't had a bath in ages.

While rolling off roll after roll of new FNM Super 7s, several of these were tucked in with them. This is ex Soo 6346, nee MILW 173.

Northbound manifest from Mobile; this was a usual consist on the daily morning manifest from Mobile to Birmingham. It was refreshing to take a break from my consulting duties in Brewton, which co... (more)

Hordes of these Super 7s were stored at the old Clebune shops in the early 90s. Felt like spreading some dirt on those black trucks to add contrast! :-)

I'm pretty sure of the date, but not 100%; this was in for the Santa Fe Modelers convention in Temple.

BN Cicero hostlers gave me a birthday present (1/19/61) this day with a move that stopped that B unit right where I was waiting for a dinky to come by. I couldn't have planned it better myself.

Nice trip to Eagle Mills on this weekend. Everything was perfect; all GEs, cool clear weather, friendly employees, release to have the run of the place: until I started back and got; a.) busted a... (more)

Whenever I was at Abo, always hiked all the way through from east to west and back if not with a friend. It's a pleasant experience and enjoyable for trainwatching, photography, rock and fossil c... (more)

Back when the dash 8s were new, they held down the Overland Route Z trains; it was common to see sets of 3 or 4 on the Zs. Kinda unusual to see a C30-7 in with them (4th unit) during this time; u... (more)

McDonald's breakfast was all it took to convince the inbound crew after they cut off to move the consist south a bit to a "better location"....

I can smell the coffee...synonymous with shooting Santa Fe, BN and Rock Island was the coffee aroma in the air from the Maxwell House plant just behind and to the right of almost any shot from her... (more)

Old Katy main from Eureka yard through the Heights, downtown, Congress Jct, and on out to GH&H main to Galveston. This empty grain is returning from Galveston and headed out through Eureka yard a... (more)

4 SF30Cs on a loaded grain train; crunchy!

The way the Tex Mex used to look, before KCS. Westbound from Corpus Christi to Laredo.