Aberdeen Carolina and Western's freshly painted E9A unit #301 makes it's first debut, seen here bringing up the rear of their excursion train. 301 has a long history, being originally built for Un... (more)

NYS&W WSPX heads in the clear on the Limecrest Industrial Track at "LIME" (MP 63) in Sparta, NJ. The westbound excursion will meet train 258 here before proceeding west.

Susquehanna ran a lot of excursions over the years, particularly after the line over Sparta Mountain was reopened in the mid-80s. You could argue that the excursion era peaked when a pair of form... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western train 900 led by E9A 103 crossing the Pee Dee River

A Burlington Northern commuter train storms west after a quick stop at Stone Avenue in La Grange in August 1983. These EMD E9 passenger locomotives were in commuter service on BN’s Chicago to Au... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha makes a stop at Tomah, WI on its run from St. Paul to Chicago. Amtrak used the former MILW depot for its needs here.

Hiawatha power for the St. Paul-Chicago segment of the Hiawatha/North Coast Hiawatha service awaits its next assignment at Minneapolis Jct., home of BN's Harrison St. roundhouse and diesel service... (more)

Hiawatha power for the St. Paul-Chicago segment of the Hiawatha/North Coast Hiawatha service awaits its next assignment at Minneapolis Jct., home of BN's Harrison St. roundhouse and diesel service... (more)

The times they are a'changin'....after watching & waiting since 2007, ACWR is full steam ahead with their cab units.

An eastbound Wisconsin & Southern passenger extra waits patiently at the Crawford diamond just east of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on May 19, 1996. A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal trai... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9903 pulls a four-car commuter train into the station stop of Highlands, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. Highlands ended up being a great place to observe BN action w... (more)

MILW 35A and an E9B have coupled on to Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha for its trip between Minneapolis and Chicago. The train is at the former Great Northern Station on Hennepin Avenue in downtown ... (more)

Fifty years prior to the other photos I posted today, MILW 35A posed at North La Crosse's station with Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha. The westbound train would stop at Winona and Red Wing, MN befo... (more)

BN 9984 dressed in an early attempt at a BN color scheme for former CB&Q E units idles at a platform in Chicago Union Station with a "Dinky", the nickname often associated with Burlingto... (more)

Conrail train 3361, a Saturday only Penn Station to Bay Head run, accelerates south of South Amboy, New Jersey, following swapping its GG1 for a pair of NJDOT E8As.