4506 holds outside the diesel shop.

The Royal Gorge Route train heads back east after going west thru the gorge while a group of rafters look on.

The Royal Gorge Route train heads back east after going west thru the gorge.

The two geeps owned by the St. Croix Valley Railroad hold outside of their shops before starting operations.

Glorious early August late afternoon photographing and having an adventure of chasing the Western Pacific excursion, hosted by the Niles Canyon Railway. One of the preserved WP locomotives, WP 713... (more)

For the first passenger car movements in around 70 years on this corridor, CI&W 4295 brings 4 ex:Santa Fe Bi-Level cars, just recently restored in Nashville one step closer to their new home. The... (more)

Rock Island 4506, on its first day in service, leads the coach train east back into the IRM depot.

Rock Island 4506 rolls Eastward and approaches a farmers crossing East on the Illinois Railway Museum at Union, Illinois Sunday, July 8 2018. The newly restored locomotive debuted this weekend. St... (more)

Illinois Railway Museum's Rock Island GP7 makes its grand debut on a perfect summer day leading a Rock Island commuter train into the station

CRIP 4506 leads the coaches on a debut run past Spaulding Tower at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Rock Island 4506, on its first day in service, leads the coach train east across the fields east of Union.

CRIP 4506 awaits a clear signal out of Station Track 2 on its second run of the day.

CRIP 4506 leads the coach train passed the Olsen Road signals.

CRIP 4506 leads it's first ever mainline excursion train, with myself and other midwest railfans looking on.

CRIP 4506 leads the coaches at IRM on a debut run past semaphore signals. This was the train's first run past these signals for the day.