A grain extra on the Emporia Secondary in charge of one of the units originally ordered by Autotrain and no taken. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.
The south side of Chicago is full of treasures when it comes to trains. On the list of treasures is Maryland Pig Iron of Illinois' veteran Conrail SW8. Still in virtually untouched Conrail big blu... (more)
A westbound Conrail stack train creates its own snowstorm as it rolls through New Carlisle, Indiana, in lake-effect snowfall from frigid temperatures blowing off Lake Michigan on January 15, 1994.