A power-strapped SOO leased these ex-N&W SD35 high hoods in '89, waiting for the SD60's to arrive on the property.

An Eagle from Texas passes a tower in Illinois on short time.

Belt RR Alcos work Clearing Yard.

Racing to beat a midwest downpour on the fast track behind the barn is another kind of horse.

You are looking at the Upper Mississippi River valley from the bluff overlook at Palisades State Park, where below is BN's busy ex-CB&Q. This train came out of the Galesburg terminal, it wasn't u... (more)

The ex-Milwaukee Road depot has been preserved by the community and makes a Christmas card-like scene as the Janesville-Slinger turn approaches in the morning light. This was a part of Milwaukee'... (more)

A WSOR business train deadheads past the old MILW depot in Black Earth headed west to Prairie du Chien.

MILW 261 heads out from under the Post Office in Chicago and gets ready to make the swing onto the BNSF racetrack for an appointment with Galesburg RR days.

Before long there will be signs of green in the meadow but for now the only green is on the bridge, BN 9298, the last SD60M delivered to the BN, and sister 9223.

IC moves through the plant at Joliet.

Another shooter heads west on the transcon.

The Snow Train readies for departure. Mid-Continent is making a comeback from the terrible flooding of 2008, to help click heremore)

Soo Line 1003, an honorary member of the WSOR locomotive fleet, provides an assist on the Janesville-Horicon run. Another mile or so and the diesels will cut off and pull into a siding, allowing ... (more)

A UP employee special with lots of domes tours the CNW at Union Grove.

The view of East Cabin from US 20 approach over the Mississippi reveals a westbound on track one and Civil War-era building to the right. BNSF revamped the interlocking here after years of IC/CCP... (more)