The West Quincy, MO, to Des Moines, IA, manifest train starts into the siding at Montrose. There are no rested crews at Burlington til 21:00 for the DMO, so they will let the empty coal following ... (more)

The West Quincy, MO, to Des Moines, IA, manifest train rolls north along the Mississippi River a couple miles south of Montrose. This train is about 33 miles south of Burlington, IA, where the tra... (more)

One from the archives, the elusive EMD 710 ECO demonstrator rests at South Yard in Atlanta, the unit was being tested on the 140/139 Macon to Atlanta job.

One of two experimental electrics tested on the Penn Central and Conrail

During 2008, a sight like this was pretty common. An Oakway SD60 and a Bluebonnet SD40-2 take a stack train past Eola.

Experimental/demonstrator. Rather than buying new electric locomotives, Conrail will discontinue electric freight operations.

EMD3, BN 5558,9288,7187 struggle to move eastbound coal near Bill.

EMD 1554, Soo 748 and the 115 cars of train 223 roll westbound near Lake City. The day was mainly cloudy but the sun broke out long enough to light the scene. The ex N&W SD35's spent quite a bit o... (more)

A trip to Galesburg isn't complete, without stopping at the yard!

A couple geeps idle away in the yard, now belonging to Northern Lines Railway. In its heyday with Great Northern, there were shops that built boxcars and other various rolling stock, along with a... (more)

EMD-GM built a pair of electric locomotives in the 1970's, a GM6 on the frame of a SD40-2 and a unique GM10. Both worked the Penn Central/Conrail electric lines with GM staff onboard. Think abou... (more)

EMD-GM built a pair of electric locomotives in the 1970's, a GM6 on the frame of a SD40-2 and a unique GM10. Both worked the Penn Central/Conrail electric lines with GM staff onboard.

Northbound manifest train is about to cross the CC&P diamond at the tunnel in East Dubuque. This train has 3 EMD leasers for power. The head unit is ex-Milwaukee Road, while the rear 2 were once p... (more)