UP E9 939 and sisters have been relegated to MOW service on this cold winter early 1970s day in Ogden, UT. Kodachrome, Photographer: Keith Ardinger, John E. Troxler Collection

NKP 587 pulls an Indiana Transportation Museum passenger excursion southbound on Conrail's former Pennsy Vandalia Railroad line from Logansport, IN to Indianapolis, IN. Having just crossed the Wab... (more)

Eastbound NS 256, led by NS Reading Heritage unit #1067, outruns the mid afternoon storm front west of New Waverly, IN on the former Wabash RR line.

During a snow squall an eastbound Norfolk Southern train illuminates the hoods of the new generic Safetran signal replacement heads soon to replace the still operational Wabash searchlight signals... (more)

One of the last runs of the westbound Wabash Cannonball makes a scheduled station stop in Logansport, IN likely in April of 1971, shortly prior to the Cannonball service being discontinued. Kodak ... (more)

A Centennial EMD locomotive passes under an absolute cantilever signal under a beautiful Wyoming sky. Duplicate Ektachrome. Photographer: Jack Hawkins. John E. Troxler Collection

The Rio Grande Zephyr sits proudly at Denver's Union Station during 1983, shortly prior to the DRGW discontinuing the Zephyr's passenger service in late April of that same year. I never had the op... (more)

A quartet of Chessie System locomotives are sitting at RH Tower located in Cincinnati, OH, December 1977. John E. Troxler collection, photographer unknown.

A couple of EL GP35 locomotives idle at the Huntington, IN yard office. John E. Troxler collection, Photographer unknown. Original Ektachrome slide.

On my way to work I was lucky to catch a Herzog ballast train dropping ballast on the NS Wabash line located on the eastern edge of the NS Illinois Division, the Lafayette District. The train is s... (more)

UP 6911 receives a needed wash likely somewhere in Nebraska during the 70s. Kodachrome - John E. Troxler collection, Photographer Unknown.

Norfolk Southern 912 rail train heads eastbound on the NS Lake Division near Rich Valley, IN 05/16/21. Ahead at Wabash, IN the train will turn northbound on the NS Marion Branch to head to Elkhart... (more)

Westbound NS267 Roadrailer passes an eastbound NS Roadrailer at Clymers, IN on 2/24/13. This stretch of railroad is the NS Lafayette District which is part of the Illinois Division.

As the setting sun lowers towards the western horizon ice crystals create a sun pillar while NS 120 kicks up a bit of snow in the small town of Buck Creek, IN during its eastward journey to Detroi... (more)

Eastbound NS 20T coasts down the Rock Creek sag east of Rockfield, IN on a single digit frigid January evening.