On the longest day of the year it would be most appropriate to go out at night since the Millsdale local had a pair of EJ&E SD38's.

Iowa 153 leads BICB west past Joliet UD Tower.

A pair of IHB units head east light power.

GATX 1238 departs Grand Forks, ND in May of 1990. GATX 1238 was originally built for Reserve Mining in Northern Minnesota.

CSS SD38-2 805 is running long hood forward and is looking good in its fresh new paint scheme, as it heads east under NICTD catenary wire on Veteran's day.

As the rain pours down, so does the Jim Thorpe Job as it heads towards AMETEK to shift some car's around in the pouring rain.

Burlington Northern freight No. 144 crosses the Wisconsin River at Crawford east (south) of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on the nice summer day of July 30, 1995. A former Reserve Mining EMD SD38-2... (more)

The Oil Local switches Rowell Chemical with a Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2 in charge. Trailing is the EJ&E 666, which now wears CN paint.

As seen from the center of the turntable, both switchers and road power are seen awaiting outside the EJ&E's Joliet roundhouse. Tom Golden photo.

Lincoln seems to give the train a tip of his top hat as the Iowa Interstate "SIPE" (Silvis to Peoria) passes the Seward Johnson sculpture at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

EJE 659 takes headroom out of Glenn Yard at 47 Crossover. More than 9 years into the CN takeover, the classic orange SD38-2's are still making daily appearances around the Chicagoland area.

EJ&E 669 and GTW 4909 make for a great lash-up as they lead L515 under the Illinois Central era signal bridge in Homewood.

Just after midnight, EJ&E SD38-2 659 leads the oil local south through Lockport.

While the actual time zone 'line' between mountain and central is west of North Platte (near Paxton, NE) Union Pacific's time change is at the west end of their Bailey yard in North Platte. Having... (more)

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor yard on a crisp -5F morning. The calm conditions have allowed a temperature inversion to trap steam from freshly baked taconite pellets close to the g... (more)