The latest WSOR Model Railroader 75th Anniversary commemorative boxcar sits outside the paintbooth at Horicon.

Bald eagle's view of the upper Mississippi River includes the Village of Bellevue Iowa and ICE 201 running right down Main St. Moments before an eagle actually did fly into the scene from a tree ... (more)

"Through the mirror of my mind...time after time...I see reflections...of you and me..." -Holland/Dozier/Holland Jr. as sung by the Supremes 1968

Waiting for a facelift.

An interesting MOW move with a HiRail and 2-flat cars passes by on main #1.

VB profile.

WSOR put 14 cars on the ground, no injuries, no hazmat (although a hazmat load had been set out at the previous town). These BSEX (Doh!) hoppers are for Badger State Ethanol in Monroe, WI and are... (more)

Rolling east between Mendon and Rothville, here's the Santa Fe 3751. In a few minutes it'll make a service stop at Marceline, and highball east into hogback territory. We chased it over the Tope... (more)

We can only dream of what Santa Fe passenger trains may have looked like in the modern era. This is a special for Trailer Train execs, click Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE B40-8W (Dash 8-40BW)
Location: Knoxville, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 511
Train ID: QWSLA
Photo Date: March 31, 1995

Fullfilling it's design for branchline service duties, BL2 #54 has pulled away from it's train in the backstreets of Honesdale after pulling a NRHS excursion to Lackawaxen.

Its an EMD open house and 50th birthday party for the steam slayer...

UP 844 meets the heritage trio along US 30 in western Iowa.

The WSOR Santa Train led by Soo Line 1003 and featuring a specially painted boxcar returns to Janesville after display in Edgerton, WI. The train has just passed the YL board at Milton Jct. For ... (more)

The tiny river town of Sabula is seen as a westbound Soo Line train crosses the mostly frozen Mississippi River into Iowa from Savanna, IL.

Alco switcher stored at the Pioneer RR operated Michigan Southern home office in White Pigeon. This property is a trip back in RR time, both the motive power used and the trackage itself, one tim... (more)