In August 1968, A Milwaukee Road commuter train heads inbound at B-12 in Franklin Park with a single E9A and cab car. Original Slide. R. W. Richards Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

In April 1976, Amtrak’s North Coast Hiawatha is seen departing Milwaukee with a pair of SDP40Fs in the lead. Original Slide. Ron Texter Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

NS 1085 passes through a thick cloud of steam let off from one of the many industries along Norfolk Southern’s Chicago Line in Whiting.

In July 1969, Chesapeake & Ohio train #12 from Grand Rapids approaches Delray in Detroit with a pair of B&O units. The Ford Motor plant can be seen in the background. Original Slide. Emery Gulash ... (more)

On September 27th, 1997, a Wisconsin Central (ex-AC) SD40-2 crosses over the Saint Marys River into Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Original Slide. J.M. Seidl Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

BN 644, a F7A wearing big sky blue paint, leads a northbound train into Vancouver, Washington, in May of 1976. Original Slide. Rob Gottier Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

An eastbound Amtrak train with three F units exits Milwaukee Union Station on March 6th, 1974. This image was shot from the bridge which spans the Menomonee River in downtown. Original Slide. Scot... (more)

Norfolk Southern D36 passes an assortment of old vehicles as it accelerates out of Gibson City, Illinois. An old Dairy Queen sign completes the scene. Leading the train is a former Norfolk & Weste... (more)

WC 3018, the last WC painted GP40, shoves a hopper and caboose across the Manitowoc River.

HLCX 6313 passes through a rock cut as it approaches the small town of North Freedom, WI. The train is heading west on the WSOR’s Reedsburg Subdivision during an afternoon thunderstorm.

HLCX 4215 sits in Ann Arbor Railroad’s Ottawa Yard just north of Toledo, Ohio. The 4215 is on lease to the AA and still wears IC&E paint.

A deer crosses the tracks as WE 2662, a former Southern Railway high-hood GP35, switches at the Solon industrial park. Don’t worry, she wasn’t hit.

OHCR 8702, one of two former IC Paducah GP11s stationed in Youngstown, switches an industry in Brier Hill. With newer G&W painted units arriving on the property, the GP11s may not be around much l... (more)

On September 16th, 1989, two Erie Mining F9As and a pair of C420s lead a loaded ore train through the tunnel at Cramer, Minnesota. Original Slide. Mike Cleary Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

The Byron Hill helper set, consisting of two Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motors, meets an intermodal as they shove a southbound mixed freight up the hill.