After slugging it out with Mother Nature in near whiteout conditions across northern Illinois MBEMC finds some sunshine just west of Stillman Valley, IL

MBEMC passes under IL Route 72 just wast of Kirkland. In another 10 miles it will work the yard at Davis Jct before heading for Savanna and points west.

In advance of the coldest weather in decades Chicago is in the midst of a 10 inch snowfall. The ICE MBEMC has just passed B17 in Bensenville. The trio of SD40-2s will head across northern Illinois... (more)

A southbound Acela passes through Chase, MD.

ATSF 8750 slips through the Mojave Narrows just west of Victorville.

One of Santa Fe's SF30C rebuilds negotiates the Tehachapi Loop.

Snagged by the dragging equipment detector, SP 8500 idles at Sand Canyon while the crew walks the train.

Having come down off the Tehachapi grade this eastbound has just made a left in the town of Mojave. Now on ATSF track its next stop is Barstow, CA.

Homer, CA. Unfortunately no Marge.

The Strasburg Railroad ran an excursion with two of it's x-PRR steam locos in June of 1985. Here the train is crossing the Rockville Bridge

A good looking train passing through some great looking scenery, on the causeway at Horsethief Lake State Park.

The Hummingbird is pulled across the Spring Garden Trestle in South Baltimore. This was the WM main leading to Port Covington Yard. The yard has given way to urban re-development. The trestle stil... (more)

In the fall of 1985 the Belden Hill Tunnel was being rebuilt. During the construction the D&H once again ran under the Starrucca Viaduct. Trains then reversed directions to connect with the x-Erie... (more)

The last WM painted unit always attracted a crowd of local railfans. Here the engineer gives us a wave as 3798 passes through the West Baltimore interlocking.

Santa Fe's blue and yellow paint scheme was the target on my first long distance railfan trip. Little did I know that 20 years later the Shouldn't Paint So Fast scheme would be the treasures from ... (more)