Something of mismatch like Angelina and Billy Bob or Lyle and Julia. Originally a U.S. Army unit. They were together for years. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

North Platte-Denver symbol MNPDEV-14 charges through Julesburg, CO. Fuji Sensia.

MILW 552 and 550, FM H-16-66s, are paired up at St. Paul Yard where they were assigned to transfer runs and heavy switching (including occasional hump duties). MILW and CNW were the only Class 1 r... (more)

MILW 100A had been demoted from passenger service, but still looked pretty dapper in its passenger paint scheme. It would spend its remaining years in the F unit freight pool which survived beyond... (more)

CNW 936, the last of seven U30Cs acquired by CNW, leads a westbound freight to the Twin Cities shorlty after leaving Altoona Yard. The train is approaching the MILW/SOO diamond protected by Eau Cl... (more)

ATSF 554 leads a mix of otherwise EMD Super Fleet and blue power west through Joliet on a hot intermodal freight. At this time Santa Fe was not much into double stacks, but that would change in th... (more)

ATSF 5333 leads a variety of blue & yellow EMD power parked on a servicing track at Santa Fe's Corwith Yard in Chicago. Santa Fe always had an interesting variety of power on their numerous freigh... (more)

ATSF 302C sits at the Santa Fe passenger diesel facilities at Archer Avenue in Chicago awaiting its next assignment on either Amtrak's Southwest Limited or Texas Chief. Amtrak was 16 months old at... (more)

Nee CB&Q>BN. Photo by Dick Campbell. From my collection.

Northbound NS 388 is led by SD40 3194 as it passes by Parkers Lake Ky.

A former SSW unit in super stealth. Photo by John Kennedy. From my collection.

Slide clearly shows "Kerney" as the location but unable to find any such place or anything close to this name. No problem determining the origin of this unit. Foster liked these former SP units ... (more)

At this point Far-Mar-Co had become Farmland which disappeared in 2003. Unable to find an origin for this unit. Photo by Dick Campbell. From my collection.

In town on business with the MV we found these GPs bathed in the late reddish light of a late winter afternoon. CR GP10s came in several forms but this my favorite configuation, late model GP9 re... (more)

Fall foliage, hot dogs over an open fire, trains and more trains. At the end of the day, a good cigar. It don't get much better than that. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.