Norfolk Southern steam special featuring N&W 1218. Tom Golden photo.

A nice shade of light pink, one of Missouri Pacific's scale cars is seen awaiting movement at Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.

Less than two months old, a single MoPac MP15DC is seen traversing the diamonds north of Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of ICG EMDs leads a coal train through Gilman, IL. Paul Meyer photo.

A trio of Illinois Central Gulf six-axle EMDs is seen moving engine-lite through Gilman, IL. Paul Meyer photo.

L&N 770 at the Kentucky Railway Museum. Tom Golden photo.

L&N 152 is seen leading a passenger special between Louisville and Lexington, KY. Tom Golden photo.

LSBC 4, a former Pennsy GP7, is seen with a former Burlington Northern Geep on the former Rock Island. Note that the nose of LSBC 4 depicts many of the customers near Lake Calumet that the railro... (more)

A trio of Grand Trunk Western Geeps are seen leading a pair of VIA Rail SW1000s on a freight through South Holland. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of EMD GP60 demonstrators are seen headed west engine lite along the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of sinister looking units on a gloomy day at the Barr Yard engine terminal. A former Seaboard Coast Line Geep is seen next to a BQ23-7 as the units await their next assignment. Tom Golden... (more)

Fresh out of the paint booth, a former Seaboard System GP40-2 is seen sporting an early iteration of CSX's blue and gray paint scheme. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of South Shore Geeps, still wearing their as-delivered blue and yellow paint, bring a string of loaded steel coils through Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Chessie System Geeps bring a freight east along the B&OCT in Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

A CNW SD40-2 leads a string of former Family Lines and Chessie System EMDs south on a lite engine move bound for CSX's Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.