Go the distance. This is my attempt to incorporate the granger roots of the C&NW into a photo made in 2006. In the process of making this photo, I discovered that the ground between the roa... (more)
The engineer's AAR 105 control stand of former ATSF 92. Note to viewer: if your patience is anything like mine, don't come here on Days Out with Thomas.
On a surprisingly warm and beautiful April evening, the shelter for passengers awaiting eastbound trains in La Fox is illuminated by the setting summer sun. Unfortunately, recreation of this photo... (more)
In the relatively cramped confines of an 8500 series control car, the engineer's controls appear Spartan and utilitarian, especially when compared to the latest and greatest of Metra's fleet, the ... (more)
The cab interior of CB&Q 9900, the original Burlington Zephyr. To think this was the pinnacle of locomotive technology in 1934 and ... (more)
One of the two surviving GTEL 8500 gas-turbine electric locomotives, UP 18, stands tall in Union. Silent and cold, the odds of it ever running again are about a million to one. Its days of blastin... (more)
Take a moment to compare the spacious control console of Metra 408, a young MP36PH-3S, to that of a modern 8500 series control car.
157 years after the charter of the Aurora Branch Railroad, where the CB&Q all began, this tie plate sits as a silent testament to the deterioration of Class I branch lines across the United States... (more)
Old-fashioned black and white shot of CB&Q 9900, the original Burlington Zephyr.
On a chilly March evening, the crew of Metra/Rock Island suburban 528 fires up the headlight on control car 8565 and performs the standing air test.
As seen from the U.S. Highway 6 bridge, NW2 450 and a mate shove cars (somehow avoiding daily stringline derailments) in EJ&E's East Joliet yard.
Milwaukee 261 obliterates the sky with a torrent of smoke.
After an entertaining high-speed southbound chase from Lake Wisconsin, we finally catch up to WSOR 11 and the employee appreciation special a little bit north of downtown Madison.
Santa Fe 92 stands tall in faded Warbonnet paint.
Metra F40C 611, once an endangered species and now protected, shoves train 2250 east from Elgin. Revived to power an accident recreation train nearly two years la... (more)
