Grand Trunk Western caboose No. 79055 trails a northbound GTW freight at McCook, Illinois, in August 1984. The train just crossed the Santa Fe main line, and in the background, a southbound Indian... (more)
EMD GP38-2 No. 6222, still decorated in the orange paint scheme of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, is now working for Grand Trunk Western after a merger and leads a GTW freight train on February 7, 198... (more)
The last sunlight of December 3, 1988, lights up the autoracks on a Grand Trunk Western freight, led by freshly-painted GTW EMD GP38-2 No. 5721, at Blue Island, Illinois. The eastbound train is cr... (more)
Tom Golden photo.
Some pigeons scatter as a southbound Grand Trunk Western freight rattles over one of the bridges spanning the Calumet Sag Channel into Blue Island, Illinois, on December 3, 1988. The truss bridge ... (more)
GT 6202 (ex-DT&I 202) brightens a gloomy day as it brings a transfer thru Blue Island, IL in November of 1990. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.....
GTW train 451 is on its Detroit to Durand leg and seen using the center track at Birmingham. This station was the only high level platform station between Harrisburg PA and Gary In (at the time).... (more)
After completing its interchange to the Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard, a GTW caboose hop heads west toward home rails. Tom Golden photo.
Each Christmas, the Grand Trunk Western would operate a Christmas special for employees. The 1988 edition of the train is awaiting final boarding of its passengers. Ken Schmidt photo.
