Burlington Northern commuter trains at Aurora, Illinois, were being powered by both venerable BN EMD E9s and new Metra EMD F40PHM-2 locomotives on February 22, 1992.

West bound at Valparaiso Indiana on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne line, in 1963. Dennis Schmidt photo, from my collection.

This small segment of the former ACL between Albany & Waycross has a temporary "guest exhibit", awaiting transfer to Valdosta & the CPR. Obviously this spent a moment in the SLRG fold, ... (more)

Out on the ex-GFRR nee-G&F branch north of Valdosta, you will find this locomotive transforming, ever so slowly, into what will be a splendid addition to the CPR Azalea Sprinter operation. Ex-NYC... (more)

Chicago and North Western 401 is an F7(A) unit built in 1949. It served the CNW for 47 years before being retired in 1996. It now sits in the yard at the Union Pacific's roundhouse in Cheyenne, ... (more)

An A-A-B-A set of Santa Fe F7 units sits with an eastbound freight in Slaton, Texas while a westbound is ready to go and a Baldwin switcher stands nearby. Slaton was about 17 miles from Lubbock w... (more)

This beautifully restored unit unit handles the museum train. The MARC control cab still looks is on display.

Wabash Railroad FA1 1202A and its mates are seen in the yard at Peru Indiana in 1959. From my collection, Dennis Schmidt photo.

New York & Lake Erie's classic MLW & ALCO diesels sit side by side before a long day of activities for a private photo charter.

Wyoming and Colorado FP7s 1510 and 1512 await their next excursion from Laramie in 1994.

Note the front truck placement, which was significantly different on later models.

Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society passenger special with ETR 9 on the other end has just finished their day of excursions.

At the last spot of our chase and after a crew change, we caught both CP's presidential train and CP 251 which was waiting for the highest priority train on CP's system to clear the tracks.

The OCS heads out of the Harrisburg area with all four of NS's F units in charge.

THE SEMINOLE arrives in Effingham on a cold morning behind a GofG E8 and two IC E9A units. It is crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad's Panhandle Line here and the Pennsy's position light signals ca... (more)