A hot Santa Fe eastbound nears the crossovers at Yost.

WSOR 1501 passes a farm nearing Stoughton on its first run over the Madison sub.

WSOR meanders down the line to Janesville.

UP coal loads are cresting the hill at Oxford but the horses are more interested in the guy with the camera.

A SP caboose was not an uncommon find at Nahant nor were the GP9s.

Winding through the Sangre de Christo range, 198's train is captured in the last week of Santa Fe's corporate existence. I knew the train was coming, but the fast setting sun, rapidly encroachin... (more)

On home rails Milwaukee 261 heads west.

This was the last time I fanned the WC before the crooked noodle took over. The frame of WC 2057 later became a GG20B green goat switcher Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD GP35m
Location: Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: WC 2057
Train ID: LO-31
Photo Date: September 30, 2001

I made a call to the BN coachyard in Aurora before the E9s were retired. Glad I did.

Amtrak's Empire Builder makes a station stop at Columbus with Heritage #156 leading the way.

From atop the slag pile in Toluca one has a nice view of the Santa Fe. Inspiration for this shot came from Joe McMillan's "High Green To Marceline" book.

They thought I wanted them to pose their boat by the bridge so I could get a shot to send to Bassworld.

The ball n bar makes a last pass across Wisconsin with a manifest. The WSOR Cambria sub is seen below the truss bridge.

Welcome to Iowa NKP 765! Out of character on the rails of the ex-Rock, industrial-strength NKP 765 becomes a granger steamer crossing Interstate 280 just west of Davenport. Special thanks to the... (more)

In the early 1990's, inspired by Joe McMillan's "High Green To Marceline" and the rebirth of the warbonnet, my buddies and I railfanned as many of the photo locations on SF's east end as possible,... (more)