A westbound auto train at a great old railroad town "back in the day".

A westbound freight is entering the long yard here for a crew change prior to continuing on toward Roanoke.

NYS&W's Utica Branch freight, UT-1,NYS&W's Utica Branch freight, UT-1, passes under a traffic light as it traverses the famed half-mile segment of street-running on Schuyler Street. Spring brings ... (more)

NYS&W's Utica Branch freight, UT-1, passes by the old DL&W depot and a decrepit wooden caboose as it crosses Genesee Street. Spring brings a big traffic surge on the old DL&W Utica Division to the... (more)

NYS&W's Utica Branch freight, UT-1, is nearing the end of the roughly half-mile segment of street-running on Schuyler Street. Spring brings a big traffic surge to the feed mills at Sangerfield, an... (more)

A Rock Island GP40 coupled to Union Pacific GP9B awaiting the next assignment.

In the early 90s, Conrail power was about the only oddball power you would normally see on the Santa Fe on the east end. The Conrail connection at Streator kept Conrail power coming and going a lo... (more)

A former IC unit in classic white with that classic southern crud that builds up. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

A UP train stops to pick up cars from the siding near Granite City Steel.

A UP steel hauler at Granite City Steel.

A C&O alumnus is heading EB coal with a nice 4-axle assortment. In hindsight things seem to have been so interesting so maybe those endless GEs may seem interesting, like in 75-100 years.

A former C&O deep is leading a nice variety of power coming off the line to Pensacola etc. back when CSX went from New Orleans to Jacksonville without Rice Yard (God Forbid). I'm escaping the wea... (more)

Originally B&O and bearing the marks of late production of this model, this unit is resting in the sun awaiting the next job.

Union Pacific's 8-car Costa Mesa Local, which hasn't served Costa Mesa in decades, heads south on Metrolink's Orange Sub, on which it has trackage rights from Control Point (CP) College (na... (more)

A handful of engines wait to pull the next set of empty cane trains out of the Clewiston mill as we pass the junction on the SCFE mainline aboard the Sugar Express. Today's two-hour trip took us d... (more)