Interior of beautifully restored Peoria and Eastern Caboose performs as Caboose/mascot/shoving platform/customer relations car on Indiana Boxcar’s Vermillion Valley Railroad. Despite some memor... (more)
Farewell Trainmaster trip looking east.
It's early morning and the railroad is going to work. Apparently someone decided they didn't need the cab on the front unit so the just plated it over. Love those old cars.
In a the most unexpected move of the decade UP 3985 indisguise came to our area for the Santa Claus train. Here she southbound for the first time, the only nice weather we had. She's going the t... (more)
Unable to turn on the tight wye at Kingsport, UP 3985 in disguise was towed NB to await the employee appreciation train which it would pull back south. Here a SB coal train eases past as the fait... (more)
As a huge coal train is entirely over the top of the grade its large helper set is still attached, which is somewhat unusual. Looks like the conductor is stepping down with his grip. As the coal... (more)
On the day we went to see Clinchfield 100 return to Erwin we found this operation unfolding. We could find no information but I would suspect a motor had "birdcaged" and needed to be ch... (more)
The closest I thought I would ever get to an FTB is this repurposed derelict. Looking at the connections I suspect this might have earlier been a Locotrol receiver car. Arguably the most histori... (more)
My first trip to the windy city. A friend was a RR cop so I got more familiar with downtown that I might have chosen to.
Gotta do whatcha gotta do. A classic grainer improvisation. OSHA! Oh OSHA!
I'm glad I caught a few of these.
Before heading on to St. Paul, VA and home rails this beautiful string on power does a little switching.
Got a friend you think over-weathers his model Railroad stuff? Well maybe not! On UP when your number hits the high 9000s, your number is almost up.
This was the only way I ever got to see them, traded in, stripped and hours away from extinction.
One of the famous "Lost Engines of Roanoke" has been rescued and sets awaiting better days. There is the rumor that one of the prime movers on this unit or its sister could be restored to operate... (more)
