The morning fog has not fully burned off yet.

The local way freight.

Early F units usually came in set of 4, i.e., ABBA. The CB&Q found that for most trains on its mostly flat railroad ABA sets were sufficient so the ABBAs were broken into ABs with another newer A ... (more)

Early F units usually came in set of 4, i.e., ABBA. The CB&Q found that for most trains on its mostly flat railroad ABA sets were sufficient so the ABBAs were broken into ABs with another newer A... (more)

Burlington K-2 class 4-6-0 637 was built by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in November 1892 as Burlington & Missouri River 309. In 1949 this locomotive was refitted with a diamond stack for exh... (more)

Eastbound CB&Q passenger train to Chicago, The North Coast Limited, slows on approach to station stop at East Dubuque. Switches and signals in this area (expect for the block signal on the right) ... (more)

In the waning days of steam, we made several trips to Burlington's Clyde Yard in Cicero to find steam survivors. On this beautiful sunny day we also saw steam's eventual replacement, EMD FT AB 109... (more)

After the merger to BN, a number of trains had mixed consists. Witness this eastbound freight at Fort Wright, WA on the old Great Northern at the west end of Spokane with a red ex CB&Q U25C and t... (more)

Burlington K-2 class 4-6-0 637 was built by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in November 1892 as Burlington & Missouri River 309. In 1949 this locomotive was refitted with a diamond stack for exh... (more)

Burlington K-2 class 4-6-0 637 was built by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in November 1892 as Burlington & Missouri River 309. In 1949 this locomotive was refitted with a diamond stack for exh... (more)

Burlington K-2 class 4-6-0 637 was built by Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in November 1892 as Burlington & Missouri River 309. In 1949 this locomotive was refitted with a diamond stack for exh... (more)

Burlington 4-6-4 4000 was built in 1930 as No. 3002, by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The S-4 class locomotives had 78-inch drivers, boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inch, and 25x28-inch c... (more)