Ellis and Eastern RR 77 and 87 have just departed the Concrete Materials Quarry in Corson on BNSF rails. Both units were recently painted after being acquired when EE purchased the Minnesota South... (more)

A southbound passenger extra with a rare SDL39 hits the former Milwaukee Road diamonds at Duplainville as the headlight of a WC freight waits in the background for a signal to return to home rail... (more)

An SKO freight departs Chanute with an eclectic consist. SKO 4103 was formerly KCS 4103.

A view of the gauges inside the cab of GN1355, cosmetically restored by the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association. The locomotive is located inside the former Milwaukee Road roundhouse which i... (more)

The daily L&NW southbound freight is passing thru the piney woods of northern Louisiana just prior to arriving at Gibsland.

LIRR 256 takes priority over the "Z" at the South Ocean Avenue crossing in Patchogue, NY. in this 1979 view. By this time, PD tower was showing it's age, and in 2006 the tower would be c... (more)

LIRR 618 was originally built for the New Haven RR. Here she is in fresh MTA paint, trailing on an eastbound train at Mineola in 1979.

Southbound transfer run at Tower 55. 4-15-1980

Ore train OMIGV climbs out of the Arkansas River Valley and is just a few miles short of the summit tunnel on the top of Tennessee Pass. The swing helpers are visible, and there are two more AC's ... (more)

An SD40-2 leads 3 CF7's on a pipe train west of Brownwood, TX

An Amtrak train with E60 #959 on the point slides thru on track #1 while passengers disembark from Jersey Arrows MU's stopped on track #4.

Both loaded coal trains here at Black Thunder Junction are led by new units. One month old C&NW 8678 was built in April, and BN 9429 was built the month before. The C&NW train was loaded at Jacobs... (more)

An empty Missouri Pacific coal train with a DB equipped 6000 series leader is seen from the Cahokia Airport overpass just south of Valley Junction, IL.

Here's a view of an early Metro-North Poughkeepsie-Harmon shuttle. The motive power is beginning to change with the B23-7 in service, and the FL9 appears much cleaner than when CR/MTA operated the... (more)

Stacks at the west end of Matfield Green siding.