A trio of Norfolk & Western engines travelling through Bluefield yard in October, 1980. The lead unit is showing its heritage and the middle unit was a special paint scheme.
There were literally hundreds of locomotives of every make and model at Silvis after the shutdown of the Rock.
The Soo Line Bicentennial locomotive is switching the yard at Calumet, Michigan, - one of the destinations for the Keewenaw shifter.
This mountain goat caboose was on the end of a Burlington Northern train pulled by an SD-9 in Great Northern paint on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range mainline.
N&W 1131 and slug 9910 are switching in the yard at Bluefied, West Virginia, in October of 1980.
The Rock Island in happier times with a westbound trailer train at Belleville, Kansas, heading for Denver.
The last "Rock Island" train on the Illinois Division has just delivered a number of covered hoppers that have been sold off in the bankruptcy sale to the new railroad operator at Bureau, Illinois... (more)
A Burnlington Northern F9A&B set leads the power that has just dropped off its train and is heading for the roundhouse.
A rare tour of the abandoned C&O locomotive shops at Clifton Forge was conducted by the C&O Historical Society. This turntable once spun the huge C&O Class H8 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives.
The Rock rebuilt these geeps to extend their lives. They lasted longer than the Rock did.
The number two mainline is getting a cleaning past some of the roller coasters at HersheyPark.
HersheyPark has closed for the day and one of the monorails is heading for the barn as an eastbound Norfolk Southern train passes underneath.
Detroit & Mackinac engine 977 unloading the coal fired, steam powered, car ferry Chief Wawatam at Mackinaw City in June of 1979.
C&O 2309 and B&O 3690 are grabbing a caboose to add to their train of empty hoppers before departing for the Kentucky coalfields.
Not one, but two cabooses on the rear of Norfolk Southern eastbound train 36Q on the Harrisburg mainline.
