CB&Q waycar 14451, complete with working interior lights and marker lamps, is exhibited with CB&Q 2-8-2 4978 at Mendota, Illinois.
Well hidden near a grain elevator at Galt, Illinois, are the remains of Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 8305, which last saw service as Northwestern Steel & Wire 05 in nearby Sterling. Her future is un... (more)
One of the nicest outdoor railroad displays I've ever encountered is this exhibit in Mendota, Illinois. Burlington Route 4978 is in great condition, and appears ready to highball out of town. No... (more)
Progressive Rail 74 displayed with an authentic Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern caboose during Randolph Railroad Days.
BNSF 7031 scoots past an ex-Milwaukee MP15AC (working in Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard) and new CREX ES44AC in Dayton's Bluff Yard on one of the first warm days of 2014.
Strasburg 90, decked out in Great Western (of Colorado) livery, is being prepped for an early morning departure out of the East Strasburg terminal.
The Retro Roast and Fountain in Loretto, Minnesota, opened alongside the ex-Soo Line tracks in 2003 and quickly became a favorite place for train crews to stop for a wrap or classic soda pop (it c... (more)
Burlington Junction's Ex-Columbia & Cowlitz C415 701 idles outside the yard office on a warm September afternoon.
Limestone loads heading north through Munger on the old DM&IR behind a colorful assortment of IC and CN power.
A relatively new CN SD70M-2 (only 3 1/2 years old) leads a manifest train on the old "Peg" line at Peary, Minn.
CN 6261, a former Burlington Northern/Illinois Central SD40-2, leads Unitac loads through Munger on the old DM&IR.
An -Burlington Northern/Illinois Central SD40 leads Unitac loads south towards Proctor near Saginaw, Minnesota.
CN 2239 leads an intermodel train through the tiny community of Taft on the former DW&P, as the temperature hovers around -22.
The section crew on BN 972532 has just lifted the right blade in order to clear a switch stand. The plow is former Great Northern, home-built in the St. Cloud (Minn.) shops. This was the plow's ... (more)
BN 972532 is plowing the Hinckley Sub on a "code blue" winter afternoon in Minnesota.
