BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)
Milwaukee Road's Newport Tower stood along the heavily trafficked Milwaukee Road & Burlington Northern joint mainlines just east (south) of Pig's Eye and Dayton Bluff yards in St. Paul. The Rock I... (more)
Class Dash 8-40BW, ATSF 500, gets a roll on it as it proceeds by Union Station at Joliet with an intermodal hotshot out of Corwith Yard, Chicago. Everything is better with a warbonnet on it!
A Santa Fe business car is parked with other business train equipment at Archer Avenue, Chicago. At this time Santa Fe still handled servicing on power & equipment used over its lines by Amtrak. R... (more)