A Richard Beal photo: The old and the new in the "evening before the diesel"

A Richard Beal photo: On a brisk February 1960 morning, the Grand Trunk steam show is ready for the day, 4-8-4's on the right, and what I believe is a 2-8-2 on the left. Milwaukee Jct was the p... (more)

GTW commuter trains lay over awaiting the evening rush. Note how locomotives are arranged: train that arrived on track at right stopped short of escape track so that its locomotive could move to... (more)

A CSX local is proceeding out of Rougemere Yard in Dearborn and past the tower at Delray Junction with a platform setup for remote control operation leading and a GP38-2 providing the power.

NS 5334 is returning light to Oakwood Yard through Delray Junction in Detroit after delivering its single car to a nearby customer.

A former N&W Caboose is bringing up the rear of LB53. The caboose is used for the backup move during the return trip between Livernois and Oakwood yards.

The engineer aboard CSX Q305 rolls his train through the connection off the NS Detroit Line at Delray Junction in Detroit after receiving their blocks to proceed down the former CR Lincoln Seconda... (more)

CSX Q305 are heading down the former Wabash mainline at Foreman Avenue in Detroit after receiving their blocks to proceed down the former CR Lincoln Secondary to Carleton.

CSX 8741 leads Q305 through the Delray Section of Detroit after getting their blocks to proceed down the former CR Lincoln Secondary.

CP 243 rolls through the Delray section of Detroit as it nears the Foreman Avenue crossing with CEFX 1027 in the lead.

Norfolk Southern train 39E is proceeding through Milwaukee Junction on the Detroit Line as CN 383 is awaiting for them to pass through Beaubien.

With its journey from Toronto nearly complete CP Train 139 proceeds onto the connector track off the NS Detroit Line in a move repeated by around a dozen CP and CSX trains daily.

CSX 5493 leads Q305 around the connection off the NS Detroit Line and onward towards the Lincoln Secondary at Delray Junction in Detroit.

CSX 5443 leads a light engine move off the Livernois Industrial Line at Delray Junction in Detroit.

A Norfolk Southern remote unit, in the form of NS 5241, sits at Conrail's Livernois Yard, in Detroit, Mi., as it awaits the remote control class to return from lunch, and continue there training.