A red, white, and blue lashup leads an eastbound CSX freight across the Maumee River at Delaware Bend, Ohio, on a crisp April morning. Scanned from a slide.

A Jefferson Warrior Railroad locomotive belches out a cloud of smoke as it shuffles coke cars in Birmingham's gritty industrial district.

In anticipation of a train. Early morning sunlight glints off the rails and filters through the trees along CSX's Detroit - Grand Rapids mainline. Scanned from a B&W negative.

A southbound Canadian National auto parts train operates through Monroe, Michigan over the former Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. The second track through town has been ripped under the auspices of "... (more)

A Norfolk Southern freight train stirs the quiet Sunday morning along Kentucky Street in Monroe, Michigan. Scanned from slide.

A Metra train from Fox Lake swings onto the Canadian Pacific at Rondout.

An Indiana Rail Road coal train tiptoes out onto Tulip Trestle with a northbound coal train.

An interchange between between the two major southwest Indiana shortline players occurs at Switz City.

The Trifecta! Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, and the Cleveland RTA all converge on the lakefront.

Threatening skies gave way to torrential rains in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. I huddled under the depot roof to shoot this northbound freight. You can see the water streaming down from the overflowing ... (more)

The rain has let up and the sun peeks through the clouds as a southbound Hiawatha Service train approaches the Sturtevant, Wisconsin, station. Scanned from a slide, taken when I was 16.

A Metra train with a bar car spends the weekend at the Kenosha layover yard. Scanned from a slide, taken when I was 16.

The Wisconsin & Southern Circus Train crosses a river near Edgerton. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.

An enthusiastic crowd has gathered at the Waunakee depot to witness the passing of the Wisconsin & Southern Circus Train. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.

The last run of the Wisconsin & Southern Circus Train passes a wig-wag signal in Dane, Wisconsin, as a family watches from trackside. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.