The scenery ain’t the greatest but here is the train comin out of the shadows.

Bolton Crown Quality Wheat Express number 118 sits next to the grain mill in Harold, Texas.

It could be a Cummins or a Gimmy under the hood actually. The engine & generator all in the old radiator compartment. Reportedly originally HBT, later Texas & Northern.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube's bicentennial-painted Baldwin is on display outside of the company's East Chicago mill. Tom Golden photo.

A deturbo’d GP20. Interesting cab modifications, probably to accommodate air conditioner.

Originally BLE, rare beast to find. Reported now stored. Looks like the “kid in tennis shoes” as somebody described the EMD six-axle -2 locomotives. Photo by Mike Wikman, local railfan hero... (more)

Finally, a sunny winter's day with the Sanitary District of Chicago SW1's. When the MP15DC (#4) started doing all the work in 2016, the SW1's slumbered away in the shops. Many wondered when they w... (more)

Reames & Son's power for their Valdosta, Georgia plant consists of a GP38-2 and GP16. January 28, 2021

Smokin'. GLTX 98 (née-PRR 7917, SW1200) was working hard while pulling a cut of cars in Spring Grove, PA on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. While the reporting marks GLTX still reflect its f... (more)

Two old Alcos, both repowered with Cummins motors, rest between assignments at CMC Steell in Cayce, SC

ex-Laurinburg & Southern SW9

Coors 998 (EMD SW1001) gets ready to run a string of hoppers under McIntyre Street in Golden on the way to the silo. Once filled with grain the engine will push the cars back to the main brewing ... (more)

CMC Steel power rests on their facility grounds. The Alco S2 is replacing the EMD SW900. It has been repowered with a Cummins motor.

A mother and slug set dedicated to the Curtis Bay Coal Pier slowly descends the grade with a mountain of coal in the background. Note the funky cab, and phone booth looking operators compartment o... (more)

A mother and slug set dedicated to the Curtis Bay Coal Pier slowly descends the grade with a mountain of coal in the background. Note the funky cab, and phone booth looking operators compartment o... (more)