CNW RSD-5 1689 smokes it while it is started up at the IRM for Diesel Days 2017.

C&NW Nights at the Illinois Railway Museum.

After the run to Tigard, Doyle's RSD-5 moves around the recently donated Cheyenne steam shop switcher, UPP 96 and the steam generator car "Little Boy" to make room for 4449.

A fresh coat of paint does not appear to be enough to keep CNW 1685 going. The unit is stored dead and appears to be in the process of being parted out at Huron, SD in October 1980. Sister unit 1... (more)

With another Holiday Train season in the books, we're looking back at R2D2 making up the train in SE Portland on a chilly morning.

One of the newer additions to the IRM C & NW roster sits outside the barn on display with other C & NW units at the winter Holiday express loading area.

Conrail RSD5 6802 awaits its fate in the deadline at Collinwood, Ohio. Unfortunately, that fate was the scrapper’s torch.

Some Utah power Provo

Doyle McCormack's RSD-5 shuffles around the queen of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

A quartet of C&NW locomotives head down the main at the Illinois Railway Museum during the annual diesel days celebration. RSD-5 #1689 and SD40-2 #6847 are owned by the IRM while C44-9W's #8701 an... (more)

Storm light shines on a pair of Alcos as it downpours at the IRM.

CNW 1689 and Milwaukee 760 sit near the diesel shop at IRM before the start of diesel days.

Santa Fe 2130, in from La Junta, idles at the Pueblo engine terminal. By December, 1964, Santa Fe’s 53 Alco RSD5s are running out their final miles in Colorado and New Mexico freight service, as... (more)

Museum Showcase weekend at IRM featured the Frisco 1630 with a 11 car train, the beautiful Silver Pilot pulling the Nebraska Zephyr train set, many electric passenger cars, and this, representativ... (more)

CNW RSD-5 1689 and Milwaukee Road 760 wait near the diesel shop for their turns in the annual diesel parade for diesel days.