With an interchange train planned for early the next morning, the crews of the Chesapeake and Indiana railroad have spotted the power and cars at the small yard in Thomaston in preparation. Under ... (more)

An ex-Missabe SD-M leads a short freight into the small town of La Crosse, IN on a rather pleasant December day.

With most of the town of Union Mills, Indiana asleep after a long weekend, the fabled SDM locomotives of the Chesapeake and Indiana railroad slumber away in their respective yard facilities. Here,... (more)

The fall colors are on full display as IBCX 815 and 5115 take an empty grain train south while a thunderstorm rolls over.

IBCX 815, a rebuilt SD18, sits across a county road near Union Mills while the conductor prepares to help switch the grain elevator.

Having just crossed the NS from the small yard in Thomaston, Engineer Austin at the helm of former EJE SDM #815 begins the long slow pull toward Malden with 50 cars in tow.

IBCX 815 passes the southbound signal guarding the NS interlocking at Hanna with a cut of hoppers for Co Alliance in Union Mills.

IBCX 815 departs Thomaston with a cut of hoppers for Co Alliance in Union Mills.

After interchanging with the NS local at Thomaston, IBCX 804 heads back to La Crosse with a cut of cars for Gypsum.

A pair of ex-DMIR SD9's working on the Chesapeake & Indiana start their snow day moving a cut of hoppers to the NS connection at Thomaston.

The old EJ&E 804 sits at its new home on the Chesapeake & Indiana Railway at LaCrosse.

The Missabe lives! SD18 193 and SDM 316 - both now preserved at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum - pose for night photos during the NRHS Convention. Lighting by Steve Barry and Alex Mayes.

Hopefully soon that middle unit will look as nice as the other two as it was just donated by the CN to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. I thought for sure I was going to see a grade crossing ac... (more)

I'm sure there were days when this vintage SD ran over these very tracks in freight service.