Having arrived from the west on a mail and express train, a quartet of Penn Central E-units (two E7s and two E8s) make their way from Boston's South Station to the Dover Street yard for servicing.... (more)

A northbound passenger train on CNW's Airline hammers the crossing at Wiscona on Milwaukee's north side in April of 1966. Photographer Bob Ferge has climbed the signal to record the event while n... (more)

The National Limited accelerates after its Jeff City station stop behind former ACL #532.

Awaiting the torch........

With the advent of Amtrak(NRPC)a lot of things changed on the Milwaukee Road. In engine service on the Lacrosse Division we lost over 30 Engineer and Fireman positions on passenger.....I went from... (more)

As a young child I used to visit the PR departments of the RR's on the 8th floor of Chicago Union Station. On one of my many visits I was givin a care package from the PRR which included this publ... (more)

On the eve of Amtrak, the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio operated three passenger trains each way between Chicago and St. Louis. GM&O #3, the southbound Abraham Lincoln with a 5:10 PM departure from Chicago,... (more)

Both Icons of the RR industry at the time Milwaukee Road E9 32A and GM&O E7 103 stand side by side at sunset in the Milwaukee Depot after an engine change in the new age of Amtrak.

If anyone would have told me back in the 60's when I hired out on the CMStP&P RR that I would have run a GM&O E7 Ida said "get outta here". But....here it sits one of many that would gra... (more)

If anyone would have told me back in the 60's when I hired out on the CMStP&P RR that I would have run a GM&O E7 Ida said "get outta here". But....here it sits one of many that would gra... (more)

GM&O 103A is stopped at the Sturtevant, WI depot with an Amtrak train in March of 1973. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

The 5901 (and sister 5900) were the first diesel-electric passenger locomotives built for and delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Louisville & Nashville trains 3 and 4, the Chicago-Danville Flyer, were inherited from the Chicago & Eastern Illinois when the L&N and MP split up the C&EI, and on this day the locomotive was ex-C... (more)

Mopac's Eagle looks like it's outbound to Pueblo with lots of head end traffic on KCT trackage. KC Municipal Stadium lights are seen in the distance, home of the A's and where the Beatles played b... (more)

The Milwaukee had a small facility at Council Bluffs with an assortment of power waiting for assignment when John dropped by.