Freshly repainted Rock Island #2127 sits outside the yard office in Sumner, MS during a light rain fall. Yes, the unit is now classified as a C42-9. Rock Island made some software and horsepower u... (more)
Route of the Rockets
Belleville was once a busy Junction between Rock Island mainlines from Kansas City, Omaha and Denver. Passenger trains and freight heading for the Rocky Mountains p... (more)
Mississippi doesn't get snow very often, and when we do the roads are normally not in good enough shape to risk an hour 1/2 trip to grab a few train shots. Today, most of the roads had been clear... (more)