HILLSDALE COUNT NW2 1976 at Riverdale IL. The HILLSDALE COUNT RR was based out of Hillsdale MI and was formed in 1976 to take over unwanted Conrail trackage. The line is now the Indiana Northeast... (more)

A KCS NW-2 making it's way through Knoche Yard in the mid 80's

DETROIT TERMINAL RR NW2 109. From my slide collection photo by JOHN BENSON.

Fifty years ago, the meandering "Ma and Pa" could be described as "legendary". Abandonment of segments had reduced the line by half, yet enough remained to sustain passenger extras. Here, in Augus... (more)

This ex-MP unit carried its house on its back. Actually that is a rock deflection. And yes, there is a place called Big Rock, not nearly so famous as that aforementioned miniscule monolith.

A beautiful day, Kodachrome in the camera, and an old NW2.

South of King Street Station.

I like these rolling preservations.

Denver Rock Island Railroad 996 (NW2) making a run from Commerce City to Denver to help shuffle freight cars in a small yard at I-70 and Quebec.

Veteran Denver Rock Island Railroad 996 sways back and forth as it runs along THE CUT..... the line that connects the DRIR storage area in Commerce City with NE Denver.

I went all the way to Texas and ran into an old friend! Cargill NW2 1320 used to work at the Cargill elevator at Verdemont, at the foot of southern California's Cajon Pass. The venerable old eng... (more)

Switching Empire Builder and North Coast Limited cars on Union Station south leads. This is Photo 974 in this database. What do I get when I hit 1000?

When the State of Utah began operations of the Heber Valley Railroad in the 1990's, they lost the right to call it the "Heber Creeper". Now the 100 year colloquial term has returned to present day... (more)

On a beautiful warm October afternoon, Heber Valley Railroad's 'Soldier Hollow Express' rambles along the shoreline of Deer Creek Reservoir. A single fishing boat enjoys the clear waters while the... (more)

Mountains, mills and churches, this is Johnstown. The mills aren't putting out too much smoke these days, but the Black Lick's only operable NW2 does its part on this fall morning as it goes about... (more)