For my 1,000th photo accepted at rp.net, UP backs up under the old coal chute after doing work at CJ. Thanks to fellow rp.net viewers & contributors, and to the screeners I am not mad at the 3,00... (more)
Sisters in steam pose at Red Wing.
Amtrak departs Kalamazoo rolling westward past the campus of Western Michigan University. My old dorm room overlooked this trackage in the early '70s when I went to school here, during the rainbo... (more)
A late-running 39J grinds it's way up the hill out of the Kalamazoo River valley passing Milham Park, bound for Elkhart, IN. 3179 is ex-BN.
A Detroit-bound train gets on the Amtrak Michigan District at Porter. NS is replacing the NYC-era signals at CP 482.
Tasseling corn frames the 261 as it heads to the Dells.
284's train rolls across the Wisconsin countryside.
Racing the setting sun home to Milwaukee after a long day's work, Milwaukee 261 has a clear track ahead.
Milwaukee 261 eases past the Miller Brewing plant.
Westbound MILW 261 makes like a Hiawatha on jointed rail over the C&M sub 65.5 miles north of Chicago.
Backing up into the R&SW at Sturtevant, the Cedar Rapids gets the once-over from Steve Sandburg while the Conductor keeps an eye open for clear track from within.
This youngster knows which car he wants to ride in. The older gentleman is noted rail historian and photographer John Gruber.
The Milwaukee Road 261 pauses at the Dells.
The classic CNW look on display at Union.
The WSOR executive train heads into the yard after a wye move.