Ann Arbor engines 394, 387, and 385 are pulling a southbound train out of Elberta, Michigan.

Duluth & Iron Range #3 on display with a train next to the D&IR station at Two Harbors, Minnesota, in August, 1976.

A classic Norfolk & Western SD-9 switching the yard at Mullens, West Virginia in October of 1980.

Engines 159 and 209 are getting a bath at the engine terminal at Proctor yard - an activity that is rare on today's railroads.

Engine 207 is waiting for assignment at the engine terminal at Proctor yard - notice the water standpipe still standing in 1976.

Practically new Rock Island road power at the engine terminal at Silvis in March of 1980 - there are only a few more weeks of life left for the Rock.

The yard switcher and slug hitch a ride to the north end of the yard with a trio of high nose GP-50s taking a train north - all under the watchful gaze of Lookout Mountain.

The generals look down at the little 4-4-0 named "General" at the Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta.

Ex Milwaukee Road SDL-39 #585 in the early days of the WC takeover of the Soo Line upper Michigan operations. Notice the waybill "mailbox" at this transfter yard.

The LS&I was very fond of Alco tri-axle power. They used RSD-12s and RSD-15s for many years.

A trio of Alco RSD-15 "alligators" are pushing hard to get a string of loaded taconite hoppers to the top of the Presque Isle ore dock.

RF&P engine #8 is switching Potomac Yard with Southern power in the background. Notice the Pennsy cantenary wires still strung throughout the yard. This scene cannot be recreated since this yard... (more)

RF&P engine #2 is switching the yard next to the hump at Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia, in October of 1982. The cantenary wires are for the Pennsy electrics that haven't visited this yard ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 1218 is turning on the wye at Front Royal, Virginia, preparing to take an excursion train back to Alexandria in May of 1988.

Blue Mountain & Reading 2102 is visiting the former Reading terminal in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in May of 1988