The "Lips" rolls over a swollen Turtle Creek, just out of the Janesville terminal. On this day, they are scheduled to work Clinton, WI., and then take a connection to an hour's worth of 10mph ru... (more)

MILW 261 crosses KK bridge on Milwaukee's south side with an excursion dinner train to Sturtevant, 21 miles ahead.

CP's derby train enroute to Louisville makes a late night crew change at Portage. CP employees on duty take a time out to pose for photos, everyone has a camera in their grip. After their photos... (more)

UP one-of-a-kind C41-8W, the only unit to get the flag and "building America" logo, passes on the WSOR headed to the UP system.

2005 NRHS night photo session at the old SP Brooklyn roundhouse. Provia 100F scanned. Lighting by Steve Barry of Railfan & Railroad.

Enroute to KC then Chicago via the Marceline & Chilli subs.

Climbing out of the Wisconsin River valley, a WSOR special passes a backdrop CNW used for publicity shots. Of course, the foliage didn't exist in those days as it does here, mostly obliterating a... (more)

Readied for display at Edgerton over the weekend, the Soo 1003 backs into position resulting in this crossing of the Rock River at MP 111 on the WSOR Madison sub.

UP 3985 has is ready to for upcoming excursions over former C&EI. Special instructions are noted on clipboard. Engine on display at Dolton, Ill.

Stuck in Lodi again.. (CCR, c. 1970)

Pioneer Railroad's (PREX) Michigan Southern shows off it's new NKP-like paint as it assembles a train for the run to Sturgis on the former LS&MS/NYC "Old Road". Meanwhile, AlcoT6 PREX 101 waits f... (more)

MILW 261 makes a quick service stop at the Columbus depot.

A view of the action below at Queensgate on a rainy Sunday morning, not a GE to be seen.

The turn gets out of town ahead of the excursion trains.

The Walcott excursion gets a run on the hill climbing out of Davenport at old Missouri Division Jct. (from Rock days), where the Council Bluffs main and Golden State main split. In the old days t... (more)