Alco RSD-12 512 and RSD-5 802 are in charge of Ferrocarril del Pacifico's Train No. 1 running northward up western Mexico. After an overnight 504-mile run from Guadalajara, this stop at Culiaca... (more)

Southern Pacific 2958 sits at Chrome Crankshaft in Alhambra, California on a clear December day. The locomotive was spared the cutters torch and eventually donated to the Orange Empire Railroad M... (more)

The NdeM was still paying employees at outlying points by pay car in 1962. In this photo, pay car 2187 is coupled to the rear of Train No. 4, which was a secondary train from Laredo to Mexico City... (more)

An ex-C&O leaser leads a train in the railroad's hometown. This was a really neat part of this trip but was outdone by our cab ride on a C&NW H-16-66.

The LS&I was home to an interesting fleet of Alco's and GE's for a long period of time. In this shot three RSD-12's have arrived at Eagle Mills and after doubling there train over have cut off and... (more)

Living on borrowed time and the last of its kind, 1804 is the last LS&I RSD-12 known to be left unscrapped in the United States, it is also one of only two LS&I Alco's in exsistance, and one of on... (more)

Really fresh paint

On a hot, humid July morning the 7AM Tilden has just arrived at Eagle Mills with 60 loads. Power is 1801, 1852, 1804 and they are using the lead into the abandoned Pioneer Pellet Plant to double o... (more)

On a fine late summer afternoon the 1850,1804,1852 roll through Palmer Line Junction with 120 empties for Tilden. The LS&I's vintage fleet of Alco's and older GE's ran into 1989 before being repla... (more)

The westbound LS&I "3:00 PM Eagle Mills Yard Job" was passing the huge pellet stockpile for Empire Mine at Palmer, MI on June 6, 1983. The train, powered by three RSD12s, was enroute to Tilden Mi... (more)

The LS&I "3:00 PM Eagle Mills Yard Job" is passing westbound through Eagle Mills Jct., near Negaunee, MI on June 6, 1983 enroute to Tilden Mine.

The LS&I "3:00 PM Eagle Mills Yard Job" had a busy day so far, switching out bad orders at Eagles Mills, running light to Ishpeming and returning with the interchange cars from C&NW. Back at Eagl... (more)

The LS&I "3:00 PM Eagle Mills Yard Job" had just gone on duty and was performing its first job of the day, setting out bad order cars. The red building in the background, above the ore gennies, w... (more)

The LS&I "7:00 AM Eagle Mills Yard Job" was passing westbound at Eagle Mills Jct. near Negaunee MI on May 27, 1982 with three RSD12s and 120 empty gennies.