The C415s await disposition following shutdown of the ROCK.

Led by a Hiawatha unit. KM, F3 w/180; 1/250 f5.6

Three wrecked and burned GP40s sit on the siding at Nahant, just west of the yard. 2028-2053-2069.

A line of 18 U33Bs awainting dispostion and the backshops is about all that remains of Rock Island's main engine facility and the important Silvis classification yards. A red RI caboose can be se... (more)

One of three units that wore the full, orginal FSR livery switches the feed mill at the end of the line in Paris. Almost all of the former MP Arkansas Western branch was abandoned and pulled up s... (more)

The Dodger switches feed for OK Foods' mill before returning to Heavener, OK.

701-306 and train. F2As 55/1.2 KM 1/250 f5.6

With the RI nearing the end and having touble keeping power on the road, a lone mechanic works on a U28B in a line of GEs and EMDs inside Rock Island's main repair facility.

One of two units in blue with the RI herald (a paint scheme of the trustee after shutdown) waits on the Memphis to Tucumcari main while crews behind lift the track above the KCS main. Tomorrow a ... (more)

The trustee grouped locomotives by type after the shutdown. Here four U25Bs await disposition before the massive Silvis yard was ripped up.

Wabash & Grand River herald being transformed into Fort Smith Railroad herald. Heralds have not been used on equipment in years.

SB toward Jonesboro on former Frisco line to Memphis.

Railroad fireworks. 71-86 get carbon build-up cleaned out. The units were the power for the Arkansas Western branch local. The line had a 10 mph speed restriction.

Weren't Alcos barred from Chicago for doing this? 4700-280 are notched out after a long idle spell.

4343-330-309-4352 stop just short of the KCS interchange when the crew discovers that several cars split the switch taking the pass. The "abundance" of fresh ballast shows that this part of the M... (more)