UP had only ordered twenty two GP35's plus they bought two demos from EMD as second hand units. Here a GP35 is coupled to a DDA40X showing the huge size difference. The seventies had a large varie... (more)

UP Turbine number 16 is coupled to a DD35B and is ready for its next assignment. Its nearing the end up its service life as it was retired in February of 1970. These turbines were nicknamed Big Bl... (more)

A caboose hop runs through Loyalton, CA with an ex Western Pacific GP35. The branch now abandoned served the lumber industry there. It branched out just east of Portola, CA.

An F9 with four GP9B's head east up Archer hill with a long freight.

A failed attempt at saving the Rock Island after a failed attempt with a merger with the Union Pacific. This was a short lived scheme but attractive. Too bad it didn't survive, as Johnny Cash woul... (more)

An ABBA set of F units lead a freight train through Columbus, Kansas. The F9 was remanufactured by EMD from an F3.

Looks like a fresh paint job after a full restoration. Grills have not been applied yet.

A Rock Island GP40 coupled to Union Pacific GP9B awaiting the next assignment.

Illinois Terminal was the largest electric interurban railroad in the country in 1952. It connected cities between St. Louis, Decatur and Springfield. They rostered 38 electric locomotives at one ... (more)

The flavor of oil, grime, dirt and diesels. Two GP38-2's await their next assignment.

An Alco C415 along with an RS3M haul a transfer freight through Blue Island, Illinois.

A pair of Rock Island E7's leaving downtown Chicago with a commuter train.

These R-2 boxcab electrics were purchased from the New York Central in the late fifties. They were originally built in 1931 and 704 was scrapped in April of 1976.

Built for the Rock Island by EMD as a lightweight passenger train. The three trainsets produced were deemed a failure and train set number 1 was scrapped in 1966. The two others were donated to mu... (more)

P&LE GP38-2 sits at a locomotive facility in Youngstown, Ohio. The P&LE served the steel industry between Pittsburgh, PA and Youngstown, OH. The closing of steel mills led to the end of the P&LE i... (more)