This was the only way I ever got to see them, traded in, stripped and hours away from extinction.

Yes, I was feeling physically sick. There were were carcasses of some really great old units all over the place.

Citizens in large numbers would greet us in every small town we passed through.

The car to the left is DRG&W Diner "Silver Gorge" the other is CB&Q Slumber Coach "Silver Crag". Both are California Zephyr cars. For details of this wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives... (more)

A Sunday Dinkey.

Today's Lisle Station is modern -- brick and glass. It also is adjacent to the inbound instead of outbound track.

Vaughn Road Bridge is long gone. It was a rickety long wood road bridge over the yard and a great place from which to shoot the Q race track. The train has no generator car and the engine no hea... (more)

9974 was built in 1953 and became BN 9974.

CB&Q 9960CB is seen working the RIP tracks at Eola Yard on September 1, 1964. RIP stands for "repair in place." The 3-track mineline is mid-picture. This F3AB was part of three sets of ABA F3s bou... (more)

The Way Freight or signal or track work had the outside track tied up so the station stop was made from the middle track.