At the 40th Street Yard, C&NW M-3 0-6-0 2629 took a spin on the turntable before being put to bed in the roundhouse. The M-3 class engines were built to the USRA design by Alco in 1919.

C&NW M-2 0-6-0 2157 and a diesel near the 40th Street yard office. Of course I concentrated on photographing 2157 and hardly glanced at one of the rarest diesel locomotives ever built! This was Ba... (more)

As 1956 arrived it became obvious that the end of steam in Chicagoland was getting ever closer. Some railroads were already dieselized while others used steam rarely and were therefore hard to pho... (more)

As 1956 arrived it became obvious that the end of steam in Chicagoland was getting ever closer. Some railroads were already dieselized while others used steam rarely and were therefore hard to pho... (more)

Baldwin EM-1 Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 in Painesville, OH. My dad took this picture on the B&0 Fairport Harbor to Warren branch near the NKP crossing. This line has was abandoned in the early 1980s ... (more)

The hogger waits for a hand signal to highball. PRR Class M1a.

Ex-GTW bought for scrap but used for switching gons loaded with scrap to the furnaces.

Ex-GTW bought for scrap but used for switching gons loaded with scrap to the furnaces.

Ex-GTW 8305 built in 1924 and bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnaces.

Ex-GTW and bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnaces.

Ex-GTW 8380 built 9/1929 and bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnaces.

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. GTW 6320 is getting a drink at the water plug ... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. GTW 6335 moves away from the coaling tower. No... (more)

An 0-8-0 built in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8375 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnaces.

Inside the roundhouse at Calumet Yard NKP Hudson 173 rested after being coaled and watered. By this time she was mostly backup power for the Alco Pas that handled NKPs passenger service. On June 1... (more)