Fall is well along as a huge string of old GEs chug into town with radiators blocked by fallen leaves. The train is empty so maybe nothing overheated on the way.

Built for Rock Island and displaying the early-style carbody this classic old GE is preparing to join seven or so of its stablemates in taking the daily coal train across the bucolic countryside t... (more)

In my last TTI photo, several people asked about the Rock Island engines. The TTI 246 shown here is an ex-Rock Island U28B of the same number. The smoke from the scrapping of TTI 259 was spreadi... (more)