Upon stepping off the train at Union Station on my first trip to Chicago, Bill Rosenberg and I trekked up to the CNW terminal to catch the afternoon rush. I knew steam was still in service there.
A pair of former GN GP5s (built using many components from FTs) lead a passenger train along BN's ex-NP line to Ashland, Wisconsin. The train is crossing over the Nemadji River and has cars from t... (more)
Ex-BN/CB&Q E9-rebuilds, elephant-style, running out their last days in MARC commuter service. No. 69 was built by EMD in December, 1955 as the CB&Q 9986B and was later renumbered to 9981 and then... (more)
Unused since 1958, Chesapeake & Ohio’s HN tower in Doswell, Virginia still stands watch over the crossing of the RF&P. Here the southbound Orange Blossom Special charges south on the RF&P... (more)