A companion shot to this picture, Santa Fe ran this train at the behest of TrailerTrain Co., thus the TTX drumhead.

The Broadway Limited slows for a station stop at Altoona, getting a rollby at Alto Tower after descending the mountain.

Rolling into the Ft. Madison yard past the old pen factory with the Employee Special is the 3751. Be nice to see that one in the midwest again...

IAIS 850 would be off the roster by the end of 1999.

This youngster knows which car he wants to ride in. The older gentleman is noted rail historian and photographer John Gruber.

As seen from IL. Rte. 40, the eastbound TOFC/COFC from Denver nears Buda led by a whiteface GP50, crossing over the CNW's SI line in the distance. The Mendota sub didn't see much TOFC traffic in ... (more)

I believe this car, which slipped past on River Drive as I took this picture, is older than the steam engines above it.

MILW 261 is headed east about to duck under I-39 after passing 'the electrics' (the x-overs in the distance) leaving Mendota for Chicago in the evening glint.

Rio Grande muscle power makes an appearance in the flatlands, pulling coal empties back west. For a view of the entire train, click Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD45
Location: Davenport, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 5328
Train ID: 197
Photo Date: October, 1989

Santa Fe hustles west on an icy morning.

Due to the Herculean efforts of the A&M forces to rehab this ex-Reserve Mining caboose in time, the mixed train sponsored by the A&M RR and the Boston Mtn. Chapter NRHS had "the look" crossing Fro... (more)

UP roadrailer from Chicago to the Twin Cities is seen crossing over the WSOR Cambria sub in the last light of the day. Cows are oblivious to the passing train as it slipped by at restricted speed... (more)

A year before they gagged trying to swallow the CNW, UP's business train makes an incursion nearing Clinton, IA on a bone-chilling January afternoon.

Southbound Texas Eagle in the passing siding at Dwight, after meeting the northbound Ann Rutledge. Looks like a SP hac... (more)

The Great Circus Train makes an appearance on the Rock River bridge much to the boater's delight. This train pulls antique circus wagons on antique flats from Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI.