A head on wreck caused by one train overrunning the meet at Gilchrist. I heard on the radio that "2 westbound trains collided head on" (accuracy in the media!) so I highballed across the border (I... (more)
A set of Santa Fe F units in Dearborn Station. Taken on Kodachrome II film from the Roosevelt Road overpass.
No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)
This was part of the making of the movie "Stay Tuned" using Fillmore & Western's 2-8-0 on the Copper Basin near Florence. This scene is at "Hellhole" as the Devil's Engine 666 hits a dynamite wago... (more)
Santa Fe's U28CG's arriving at Dearborn Station. Taken on Kodachrome II film from the Roosevelt Road overpass.
No. 12 derailed at Mile 4 account sabotage (someone removed a rail) but no one was hurt...the lead engine stayed upright. 2 CPR hoists and the ACR hoist are moving the 182 in preparation for re-ra... (more)
A "dummy" wheelset is being installed to replace a bad set that had a burned out bearing.
Waiting for the next cold winter at the roundhouse in clean fresh Big Sky Blue paint.
A EMD re-engined DL109 taken from the Roosevelt Road overpass.
Southbound passenger train at the Station in Dwight, IL. Taken on Kodachrome II film with a Miranda G camera.
A classic small town scene in Upper Michigan with a passenger train and REA trucks. I shot this on Kodachrome II film at the age of 15. Everything in this photo is now gone - the engines, station ... (more)
A E7A is at the old Milwaukee Road Station in Milwaukee on a hot hazy summer day. Kodachrome II film exposed in a Kodak Rangefinder camera.
A pair of F units on a hazy summer day.
A transfer engine at the MN&S shop. Taken with Kodachrome II film and a Miranda G camera.
Here is another view of the head on wreck at Gilchrist - see photo 401114 for more details.