Burlington Route (CB&Q) EMD GP7 #220, photo from my slide collection, photographer unknown.

CB&Q waycar 14451, complete with working interior lights and marker lamps, is exhibited with CB&Q 2-8-2 4978 at Mendota, Illinois.

One of the nicest outdoor railroad displays I've ever encountered is this exhibit in Mendota, Illinois. Burlington Route 4978 is in great condition, and appears ready to highball out of town. No... (more)

Was driving through Rock Island, IL back in 2011 and came across this guy in BNSF's lower yard. It's amazing what you can still find out and about. Of course, helps to arrive during "Train Festi... (more)

Chicago Burlington & Quincy E-5A Silver Pilot was built in 1940 by Electromotive Corporation (EMC). About 1955 the Silver Pilot was acquired by the Fort Worth and Denver railroad. Shortly thereaft... (more)

It's almost 10 o'clock at night as the Laurel to Denver manifest races by at 49 MPH through the small town of Niwot, CO next to the Whistle Stop Park. November 11, 2013.

A nearly new GP30 heads up a few GP20's on this Q train shot at Cicero in 1963. Photo from my collection and was traded for. Photographer appears to be R. Olmsted but is quite faded.

Bettendorf-style bogie on CB&Q 14649 in Niwot, CO.

Looking like a Zephyr of old dashing through the midwestern countryside, the Illinois Railway Museum’s Chicago, Burlington and Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr trainset during ... (more)

When Ralph Budd and Edward Budd teamed up to create a modern streamliner that would run faster and cheaper than anything on the CB&Q rails, they came up with this beautiful train set, which ran al... (more)

power at ex C&S Santa Fe Rice yard Denver

power at BN ex CB&Q Sioux City engine facility

The Pioneer Zephyr sits entombed in the parking garage of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago IL. It's a beautiful train in a beautiful museum.