This must be the end of the line for these prime movers. There still may be a chance that they may be reincarnated into something.

Milwaukee Road 261 very slowly and under the the watchful eye of the crew backs up after it spread the rails on a very tight piece of curved track. The mainline belonged to the Wisconsin Central a... (more)

UP's rail detector car moves east towards Omaha to check newly laid rail after high speed derailment took out almost a mile of track between Omaha and Fremont. Derailment caused by broken wheel.

A Milwaukee rib side caboose rolls on the the IHB crossing the Santa Fe mainline at McCook. The caboose is pretty weather beaten and also shows signs of impact from things being thrown at it. Now ... (more)

An NW excursion train rolls towards Fort Wayne, Indiana. Quite a number of people are hanging out the side of the cars. Those were the days.

An attempt to put the 261 through some tight curves on the Wisconsin Central caused to rails to start turning over. You can see the rails are at an angle. Crews were frantic, but engineer stopped ... (more)

An ex Santa Fe FP45 and three SD45's rumble through Grays Lake as they head for Schiller Park. They are about to hit the ex MILW diamonds that is now operated by Metra.

A track gang at work, raising dust and making all kinds of noise as the light quickly fades.

Milwaukee Road 261 rolls through Wheeling on its way to Schiller Park on the Wisconsin Central.

After a failed attempt to get the 261 turned, the loco was backed down to Schiller Park yard. The crew disembarks and starts the shut down for the evening. The locals come out to admire this engin... (more)

All of a sudden heavy clouds start rolling in and then the sun pokes through the clouds only to light up the train. Lasted about ten seconds. A trio of GE power heads a loaded coal train west thro... (more)

Once a great steam locomotive hauling iron ore to the docks, is now a display piece in a park.

The 261 is in route to be turned. Unfortunately, the tight curves by B-12 tower were too sharp and the 261 ended up tilting the rails over. A quick reacting engineer stopped the engine on a dime a... (more)

489 has just pulled up to the water tank at Chama. It will take on water and then the spout will be used to clean out the coal bunker.