"Resting on the Cold Turntable"

westbound Rock Island train departing Quad Cities

power at Rock Islands El Reno yard includeing not yet lettered exUP F unit

Metra 176 pauses by an impressive semaphore signal bridge.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe EMD FP45 No. 90 rests at the Corwith Yard engine facility near Chicago, Illinois, on Labor Day weekend in 1991. This locomotive certainly had its share of renumberings ... (more)

RI 240 sitting outside the Rock Island shops in Silvis, IL

Night moves
A westbound Santa Fe train led by Super Fleet GE B40-8W No. 524 pauses at the west service tracks at Belen, New Mexico, as dusk turns to night on May 22, 1991. Railroaders a... (more)

Erie 833 sits under the stars on the turntable in Port Jervis. This unit has seen its fair share of action. Starting with it's career on the Erie followed by the Erie Lackawanna and finally a stin... (more)

For many decades semaphore signals such as these guided some of the nation’s most historic passenger trains across the country. Fast forward to 2013 and this group of semaphore signals in the hi... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief arrives in Raton, NM for an on-time stop on its two day trek from Chicago to Los Angeles. The trackage in the foreground is a reminder of how busy this ro... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by a clear signal on the mainline at the east end of Chapelle siding under a crystal clear New Mexico sky. After this train's passage these classic s... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief train #3 splits the classic semaphore blades at the east end of the siding at Wagon Mound, New Mexico enroute from Chicago to Los Angeles. This segment of... (more)

At Cadiz in the middle of the Mojave Desert east of Barstow, California, Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE Dash 9-44CW No. 4967 is lifted to remove faulty axle No. 2 from the front truck. A Tadano M... (more)

What do you do when a traction motor seizes up on a locomotive in the middle of nowhere? Call a Mantis 30011! At Cadiz in the middle of the Mojave Desert east of Barstow, California, Burlington No... (more)

Alco FA 139, rebuilt by EMD and riding on EMD trucks, brings Rock Island's westward train into North Topeka, Ks. on U.P. trackage rights May 23, 1965. GP-7s and a F7B help, and the train will so... (more)