An SP-decorated ex-CN F-9Au and partner, an ex-C&O GP-30m, get a roll on a half-dozen or so newly loaded grain cars, heading north along the former NP Palouse & Lewiston branch. A spring snow squ... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's Eastbound rolls downhill at Marietta, Illinois from the overpass where engineer Doug Henry once spotted an unidentified creature. photo by Steve Smedley

The OSR job is heading to Woodstock, ON. with cars for CP RAil. The 1400 is an ex CNR FP9 and is still painted in Railink colours. The second unit is ex CNR 6508, another FP9

An OSR job is leaving the Cami auto plant at Ingersol enroute to interchange cars with the CP Rail at Woodstock, ON. The 1400 is an ex CNR FP9 and is still painted in Railink colours. The second ... (more)

On a windy but sunny early spring day in the Pacific Northwest, CP's southbound "Royal Canadian Pacific" consist, pulled by a matching A-B-A set of F-units, soars high above the Snake Ri... (more)

A High Iron Travel train heads toward Mechanicville with Pan Am's FP9s on the lead

Springtime at Spoon River.

On 4/15/15, Pan Am Railways' Office Car Special was operating a return trip from East Deerfield Yard, back to Rigby Yard. The crew's last duties for this day were to coast through Lowell Yard and ... (more)

On 4/15/15, Pan Am Railways' Office Car Special was operating a return trip from East Deerfield Yard. The crew's last duties for this day were to coast through Lowell Yard and meet a live re-crew ... (more)

Seeing Blue. On 4/15/15, Pan Am Railways' Office Car Special was operating a return trip from East Deerfield Yard, back to Rigby Yard. After a live recrew in Lowell, MA, the OCS continues eastboun... (more)

Canton Cannonball crosses the Spoon River near Seville, Illinois with Classic Cabs leading.

OSR 6508 and 1401 idle at the Woodstock station while the crew is off getting Timmies for lunch. The former past of 6508, while it was at the Waterloo St. Jacobs railway is just barely showing... (more)

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball works a 79 car train westbound as it nears Good Hope, Illinois and a meet with an eastbound out of Keokuk, Iowa. Steve Smedley photo