Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Sleek upside down bathtubs on wheels may be all right for some but I like my passenger locomotives with a little more "texture" like this one which has probably rescued the EB "Cali... (more)

On one of those capricious autumn days when a coldfront is moving in and clouds play tag with the sun, BNSF 8807 leads empty hoppers into Galesburg, IL when the interlocking here was still searchl... (more)

Galesburg Coaling tower and roundhouse

Overview of Galesburg Engine Facility

My mother and I made a lot of trips to Galesburg when I was in my teens. The place had plenty of action, and one could see just about anything. Railroad Days became a favorite of ours too. Here a ... (more)

Had to laugh when I saw this TTOX 2-wheel flatcar head out on this KC to Chicago freight train. You can hardly have one of these on a light power move anymore. Back in 1994, things seemed a little... (more)

Amtrak and the Santa Fe made a deal on 18 SDP40Fs in 1984. Amtrak had a lot of derailment problems with these units. Some thought it might have been the hollow bolster version of the HT/C in the t... (more)

The Southwest Chief discontinued service east of Cameron Connection in 1998. Once the BNSF merger got going and the connection was built, the Chief stopped taking the Chillicothe Sub into Chicago.... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe intermodal comes over Main Street in Galesburg. 4 blue and yellows have this intermodal bound for the west coast 173 miles west of Chicago on the Chillicothe Sub. This sure do... (more)

How would you like to come to work and grab 3 B23s/GP 50 and go run 70 mph with them and not have any worries about fuel conservation! Back 30 years ago, the railroads wanted to move traffic and g... (more)

BNSF 7601 and three other GEVOs creep H BRCKCK across the flyover on the southern end of BNSF's massive Galesburg, IL Yard, through control point West Waterman, and onto the Graham Cutoff toward G... (more)

Santa Fe U30CG 8000 former nos. 400, U28GC 7908 (#358) and U30CG 8005 (#805) all ex-passenger locomotives that was on freight service on May 25, 1971 at Galesburg, Illinois. After the Amtrak t... (more)

BNSF SD60M 1416 works a trim job in Galesburg.

BNSF 720 sits next to the Galesburg station on display for Railroad Days.