A westbound Conrail train is making the turn south from the New York Central (Michigan Central) mainline, and picking up orders, on its way to Elkhart, Indiana.

Southern SD-40 3213 and SD-45 3162 are pulling a northbound train through Wauhatchie, Tennessee, on its way to Chattanooga.

These SD-45s are sublettered CNO&TP and are waiting for assignment at the engine terminal in Chattanooga.

A westbound trailer train is departing the yard, a switch engine is pulling a cut of cars, and a maintenance hi-rail truck crane is getting on the track at Jacksonville, Florida, in May of 1986.

Transitional paint schemes for the change from Family Lines to Seaboard after the creation of CSX. You can see the origins of CSX "Rebel Gray".

These Rock Island E-9s have seen better days as they sit awaiting disposition at the Silvis shops.

The Soo Line Bicentennial locomotive is switching the yard at Calumet, Michigan, - one of the destinations for the Keewenaw shifter.

The Keweenaw shifter is switching copper concentrate in the yard at Houghton, Michigan, that it picked up from the last operating copper mine in the Keewenaw earlier in the day. F-Units were very... (more)

The Soo Line Ashland, Wisconsin, to Marquette, Michigan, train stopped at Nestoria, Michigan, to pick up FP-7 #501-A and cars from the Houghton-Nestoria turn to take on to Marquette.

An ex-Katy Baldwin AS-415 rebuilt as a GP-7 and purchased by C&NW is heading for Escanaba late in the day after delivering cars to the Milwaukee Road in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in April of 1977.

The Keweenaw shifter is crossing the Houghton-Hancock lift bridge on its way back to the yard at Houghton, Michigan.

The daily Houghton-Nestoria turn is arriving at the yard at Houghton, Michigan, passing under the campus of Michigan Technological University - my alma mater. The college has expanded since then ... (more)

The daily Houghton-Nestoria turn has finished for the day and the crew has left for the motel. In warmer months the conductor would sometimes spend the night on this caboose and I would visit him... (more)

Two big Alcos, one painted "Safety Yellow", are working the ore dumper yard at Escanaba, Michigan.

A pair of heavy Alcos are pulling hard on a cut of loaded iron ore cars in the yard at Ishpeming, Michigan, in February of 1976.