Three days left as Latta, and the full lineage of this place is seen here: MILW/SOO 2041 in background, CP 5420, and INRD 6006.
Nickel Plate 765 test run gallops eastward!
Late-running northward "XL".
Conrail's Lafayette turn pulling out of the Wabash River valley after the first snow of the season.
Three GP38-2s and two GP15-1s make a mighty roar! Fleets of 4-axles typically are ferried in trail on Saturday afternoons to Avon for servicing, but today they're called to handle Q643 themselves... (more)
Lafayette job crossing Iroquois River. "Welcome To Bunkum" as the nearby sign says.
"Conmil" connection in the foreground.
Easing toward a stop for a change of crews.
UP 1988 and Olympic 2002 team up on a Chicago-bound freight. Miss Katy still sparkles from her display in KC the previous weekend.
Having completed the Chrisman Shuffle, V500 eases out of town.
One of the last GTW blue SD's leads an extra 336 train.
Look at this scruffy but lovable guy! He has since been repainted.
