As I remember these were delivered to the C of G. I'd love to shot of one of those.

Probably my favorite of the white schemes. Photo by Dick Campbell. From my collection.

Around Labor Day, a long time ago.

Photo by Dick Campbell. From my collection.

Amtrak's Texas Chief accelerates out of Joliet Union Station on trackage used by both Santa Fe and Illinois Central Gulf. The diamonds over the Rock Island crossing were still protected by semapho... (more)

GMO 307A leads Amtrak's State House as it makes its stop next to the tower across the tracks from Joliet Union Station. The pilot of the train is parked on Rock Island's westbound main track. This... (more)

After a rough trip from Binghamton, NY, the crew of the EBME has run out of time, short of their Mechanicville destination. The pushers have pulled up alongside to deliver caboose crew to the head... (more)

I like these reengined beasts. Note that ACL had to extend the walkway due to the wider hood of the EMD 567 engine. Beauty had nothing to do with it, obviously. Photo by Bill Folsom. From my c... (more)

Conrail's Chicago Line from its namesake to Berea, OH was likely the busiest route in the East with a constant stream of commodities. The 6244 East is blowing through rural Wauseon, OH past signal... (more)

A CNW train heads southward on a springtime afternoon.

A couple of CNW 40's on a train at Dayton's Bluff MN.

Tired of SBD's offerings one could find this train off the Winston Salem Southbound featuring my candidate for the ungliest paint job ever intentionally applied to a locomotive. They could have p... (more)

Here is one for the modelers. Unknown when and why this ex CRR unit got blue below the frame but it did.

Circa December. Somebody must have had a soft spot for CRR as a lot of units got renumbered without having the paint jobs totally boogered up as L&N's were. The didn't last long in this number se... (more)

Why they called Conrail “Big Blue” - a couple Dash8-40CWs are spliced by an SD50 leading a westbound manifest out of Altoona, PA at the Brickyard Crossing on an October morning. The symbol is ... (more)