An Elgin, Joliet & Eastern coal train recieved in interchange from CP at Spaulding heads east for Joliet. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

A slug set moves a cut of hoppers at Lamberts Point.

The Dubuque local comes off the bridge from Illinois with J power on the point.

Ready to head east with the switching completed.

The straight 38 "J-ball" highballs the tower enroute to Joliet.

Numerous locomotives are seen here at Bellevue including 3 ex-Penn Central SD38's, thinking these units were long retired by now, I was surprised to find them on NS's active roster in 2009.

NS 308 heads west on the CSX Indianapolis Line in the form of Z329-02 bound for Hawthorn yards with a rare ex Conrail SD38 doing the honors.

An Old Penn Central workhorse is at home in former PC Buckeye yard almost 40 years after they where both built.

The slug is #1122, a rebuilt RSD12 and went to CSX.

BC Hydro freight from Vancouver approaches the transfer yard at Sumas on the BC/US border behind 381 383 910 906 in August 1985

A DMIR SD38 leads 2 CN units under the massive docks in Duluth, MN on a bitterly cold, -15 degree afternoon.

Remarks: With engineer Malen Johnson at the throttle and McCloud owner Jeff Forbis on the rear steps, #38 is being used to switch cars to be used on a scheduled steam locomotive that day. Air brak... (more)

A horizontal view of an earlier posting with the Eastbound Scrap train at Big Canyon on the McCloud Railway with Mt. Shasta looming in the background.

McCloud #38, an SD38, is passing thru Big Canyon with several empty scrap gons which will used to load rail from the dismantling of the McCloud. Owner Jeff Forbis is on the fireman's side of the c... (more)

Led by SD38 #38, what amounts to a funeral train is being made up at Pierce on the McCloud Railway. Tje loaded gons contain some of the rail removed in the past few weeks from the McCloud Railway ... (more)