NKP 765 trundles along at 40mph, on the former NKP Mainline out of Chicago, bound for Argos, IN.

Amtrak 42 has just been tied down by the yard hostlers, and will soon be prepped for Veterans Day. Thank you, and happy Veterans Day to all who have served!

NKP 765 puts on a smoke show as she storms out of Elkhart, with the employee appreciation special in tow, bound for Bryan, OH.

Union Pacific's rare once a week "Potash Local" returns from the namesake industry with two GP40 locomotives in charge of 7 loaded hoppers . We weren't the only ones photographing the tr... (more)

Wrong railroad? Wrong time period? What is this? The Iowa Pacific E units race back to Chicago with their matching 5 car train, past the former Milwaukee Road Tower at Rondout, IL.

The D&I RR rolls past the former Great Northern Depot in Sioux Falls yard.

Definitely not what I was expecting to see in street running territory! A rail grinder works it's way East through downtown La Grange, Kentucky on a chilly Spring night.

Bessemer and Lake Erie SD38-2 #878 is alive and well once again, as CN has brought it back to life, after sitting in the deadline at Markham Yard for several years. Here we see CN train L517, the ... (more)

Arkansas and Missouri RR ALCo C420's #58, #42, and BNSF ES44DC #6024 lead a southbound grain train through the "S" curve south of Seligman, MO on this beautiful sunny day.

The A&M passenger special from Butterfield, MO is on it's way back to Springdale, AR, seen here while pacing next to the highway near Seligman, MO.

Frisco #1630, a Russian Decapod makes a glorious return to service this Memorial Day Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum after an extensive rebuild.

The Fort Smith local power idles away at the yard office, awaiting its crew to meet the Fort Smith Turn in downtown Van Buren.

SOO Line #6053, one of the two remaining "Candy Apple Red" SD60's heads down the Belt Railway of Chicago's South Chicago Yard connection at CP 509. I would love to have been able to see ... (more)