EMD dynamic brake components stored at Silvis. Eventually, some of them will be used by National Railway Equipment to rebuild locomotives inside the former Rock Island backshop.

The last grey ghost KCS SD40-2 #6092 takes the Gulfport turn south through McLaurin, MS on their way back to Gulfport after interchanging with CN in Hattiesburg.

A rock train from Merom Generating Station heading East through Elliston. This train will go to Bloomington.

A rock train from Merom heading East past the pond just outside of Sullivan, Indiana, on the INRD.

RMEBO heading down the spur from Merom towards the mainline where they will head East for Bloomington.

After working ADM, CSX local L022 comes back down S 7th Street towards Amtrak's Hudson Line. From there, it will eventually head back to Selkirk.

L351 heads West over the Elkhorn Sub. The train is about a mile out from Bardwell. Once at Bardwell, the crew will cut their cars off on the West leg of the wye, hop on the Fox Lake Sub and run li... (more)

A winter snow squall tries to challenge the sun as a Clymer-bound empty coal train prepares to depart the yard.

EB freight. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

Burlington Northern Makes a Comeback Worth the fight into the urban nightmare and unhoused unruly and angry of Denver, CO I join my friends to catch a nice matched set of SD40-2’s wo... (more)

WAMX 4180 leads the L351 passed Farm City's Darien elevator. A project was recently completed at this location that now allows Farm City to load 50 cars at a time instead of 25.

The 1994 edition of the "Santa Train" was a rather small one and the train has made its scheduled stop at this little town where the CRR and the N&W paralleled, crossed and paralleled a ... (more)

The 1994 edition of the "Santa Train" was a rather small one and the train has made its scheduled stop at this little town where the CRR and the N&W paralleled, crossed and paralleled a ... (more)

The Gulfport turn gets back up to track speed as they pass through the curve at Bond, MS on their way north to Hattiesburg, MS.

L351 is about to duck under the I-43 overpass just West of Delavan. This seven car train is a pretty decent haul for the Elkhorn Sub. This line is remnants of the Milwaukee Road's Racine and South... (more)