Two Southern Railway FP7A's power the southbound "Piedmont" at Salisbury, NC. The late afternoon sun weakly illuminates the little passenger train. It will be after midnight and well after dark ... (more)

Three Paducah rebuilds drag an eastbound ICG freight past the beautiful Illinois Central station at Galena, IL. The three old Geeps will need all of their combined power to get around the "S" cur... (more)

Amtrak's Chicago to Dubuque, IA, train #371, the Blackhawk, departs the 1857 built Illinois Central station after dark, blurring the windows on the former C&NW intercity bilevel cars.

An eastbound ICG piggyback train storms through the Illinois Central passenger station at Rockford behind a trio of Paducah rebuild Geeps.

Amtrak power car 66 leads a six car RTG turbo eastward through Rondout. If a set was out of service (generally crossing damage to a power car) the intermediate cars would occasionally be cut into... (more)

Three red and white GM&O GP38-2s, lead by 705, roll a southbound freight through Gibson City and a meet with the northbound American Freedom Train.

Reading 2101, disguised as American Freedom Train 1, works northward on the old Illinois Central Chicago - St. Louis mainline bound for Chicago and a engine swap with SP 4449. An old humpbacked f... (more)

C&NW F7A 409 spends the weekend at Lake Geneva, WI. On Monday morning she'll shove her train down the branch and into the bustling Chicago Passenger Terminal of the Northwestern. Today, the line... (more)

Sunday-only Chicago to Lake Geneva, WI, Train 703 stands at the resort town's passenger station. E8 518 lead the train out of Chicago and cab car 185 will lead it back to Chicago in the late afte... (more)

Is it a ghost or a real steam locomotive? Former EBT 0-6-0 #6 shows off her ancient lines - wooden cab, slide valves, etc. - as she slowly steams through the Connersville yard with a couple of St... (more)

Amtrak 515 and an E unit booster get a little liquid refreshment at the San Diego Santa Fe passenger station. Train 773, from Los Angeles, was comprised of the two units, a baggage car, coach lou... (more)

A matched Amtrak-painted Texas Chief departs Joliet Union Depot for its journey to Houston, Texas. Former California Zephyr dome-sleeper-observation Silver Lookout puts the finishing touch on the... (more)

BN E8A 9969 leads two UP E unit boosters westbound on the San Francisco Zephyr into the setting sun on the old CB&Q Aurora to Galesburg mainline.

Southern Railway Train 6 makes a station stop at Greenville, SC. In addition to the four FP7As powering the train, today there are a couple of units working their way north. Appearing to be a co... (more)

Amtrak 303 loads passengers in the late afternoon at Joliet Union Depot. In short order the "tin-worm" will depart for St. Louis with only a whiff of kerosene exhaust to mark its passage.