I wish I'd photographed the Shawmut in action, I had no idea how much change would come to the P&S in the mid-90s.

I finally made it to CB&Q Mecca, Cicero Yard. It was a nice place to visit but a hard place to find a good viewing location to get a shot. I took a bus from the nearest loop station. The bus driv... (more)

A pair of switchers at the Cargill Malt facility off the BNSF in Spiritwood.

I was expecting a Rock Island local freight. What showed up was a switcher from railroad I had never heard of. The loco seems to have had one head lamp removed. Ther is a cool looking tractor on t... (more)

The scene at the Trenton engine facility shows a change is in the air with regard to motive power technology. At right, PRR Class ES12.

Nice orange yard switcher with my favorite spark arresters is wide open and looking good. The tower area was a great place and a needed respite from railfanning in Roseville most of the time.

Only on the job a couple months, here's an early Kodachrome view of PRR SW9 #8537, PRR Class ES12m, in it's as-delivered paint at work in Trenton. Later on the gold leaf lettering was replaced w... (more)

PRR 8527 & sister 8528 had only been on the property for a few months when this photo was taken at Meadows. PRR Class ES24.

Ex SCL 167, nee ACL 685 sits truckless. Traction motors sit in the foreground.

Ex. Apalachicola Northern SW9 #711 switches cars for its current owner Progress Rail Services, at the Mojave Airport.

Tucked between warehouses switching cars at House 2 in Superior

With what has to be one of the smelliest jobs on the railroad, this switchman is riding a string of empty UP livestock (hogs) cars back to the yard from the nearby Farmer John slaughter house

Site later converted to intermodal facility; no MARTA in the vicinity in 1978, either!

First shot of the Montour on RP! Only Montour shot I have. Another tiny fallen flag, controlled by the P&LE at the time of its demise.