CN class U-2-f 4-8-4 #6185 waits for work.

CN class O-18-a 0-6-0 #7467 does work at the coachyard with a wooden Wabash caboose.

6038 is hostled to the coal chute.

Her last stop before heading out on the road, #5633 gets topped off at the chute under the watchful eye of the foreman.

Just before sunset on a cold winter day, CB&Q 5624 follows an Indiana Harbor Belt caboose down the interchange lead at Congress Park. Note the Mather wooden stock car and the interlocking pipes in... (more)

The lines of shrouded 6407, seen here well after her halcyon days hauling the 1st-class varnish over the system, still have an eloquence.

A broader view of 5633 in her environs as she moves slowly by to the coal dock at Milwaukee Jct. terminal

One of the last three Pacifics built for GTW by Baldwin in 1929 rolls out of the barn onto the table at Milwaukee Jct., to be spun and then coaled/watered.

Growing up in Chicagoland, whenever the gates came down and we were stopped at a railroad crossing I couldn't wait until the train arrived. This image illustrates why. This is a Burlington crossin... (more)

Spun, 5633 has her game face on as she's hostled up to the coal dock.

The waiting is the hardest part. -Tom Petty

Class U-4-b #6407 waits for a train to pull.

With a man riding the tender, GTW U-1-c #6038 moves up to the turntable after coaling. 6038 was one of five in the class, sister 6039 went to Steamtown after retirement. For more on GTW steam, s... (more)

GTW U-1-c #6038 gets coaled at the terminal.

In the waning days of steam, we made several trips to Burlington's Clyde Yard in Cicero to find steam survivors. After we spent some time near the roundhouse shooting the CB&Q O5a 4-8-4s, we heard... (more)