On October 01, 1956, westbound train 89 with two Wabash F7's on the point hauling a consist of merchandise with two old 50' outside brace wooden box cars at Farmdale, Illinois near St. Louis. P... (more)

A pair of Conrail C40-8Ws and an NS EMD lead an SENS south through Ridgefield Park. NS run-through power was common on this Selkirk, NY to Linwood, NC (via Hagerstown, MD) train.

6102 leads a loaded UCR coal train north through Ridgefield Park, NJ. This train would have been destined to the Central Hudson Power Plant in Roseton, NY.

A local freight rattles along in this small town led by a thinly disguised ex-Chessie unit. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A former C of G unit with one of their homemade stacks is now working the gigantic prep plant which utilized many old switchers, most with a truck engines in the radiator section. Nowadays this i... (more)

Photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. Superior WV is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Division. The railroad calls this Huger in the timetable. N&W Y3a 2060... (more)

Formerly TASD. Note the mismatched trucks.

Modern version. Probably in Beckville. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

KANSAS CITY Sept 29 1979 — Rock Island GP38-2 4330 (named for the Little Giant from Little Dixie Carl B. Albert, D-OK) is shown at Armourdale Yard only months before total shutdown of the Rock. ... (more)

Used as a power car for a rail welding operation. I would guess from the radiator & single stack there is a smaller engine than the original in there. Photo by Michael Singer, from my collection.

I would guess without checking that this was a former MILW unit. I got a few shots on this business trip before a dingbat ran a red light, ruined by rental car and the rest of my day off.

Local coal behind some classics ready to go up in smoke. Another great day chasing trains in the state I consider my second home.

Originally PC, then CR and by this time leased out on the SP. Photo by Tony Vanier, from my collection.

This is Old School L&C, even with the relatively new to them SW1200s and the leased switcher. LLPX SW1500 215. The road train is working the Grace Water Treatment Plant spotting cars of coal over ... (more)

On April 9, 1994, Burlington Northern train 104 heads east out of Milledgeville, Illinois behind a pair of BN EMD SD40-2s and a vintage EMD SD9. Some spring crops are already emerging on this earl... (more)