Built for the Rock Island by EMD as a lightweight passenger train. The three trainsets produced were deemed a failure and train set number 1 was scrapped in 1966. The two others were donated to mu... (more)

Union Pacific train number eighty five, the National Parks Special, is seen near Henderson Colorado in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The purple and aluminum ACL E6AA sets 511 & 519 leading the southbound "West Coast Champion" has stopped at Winter Park, Fla., station on April 10, 1952. ACL E6 511 received a new EMD E8 nose afte... (more)

The old green diamond adorns this rare model on a day of atrocious weather in the state capitol.

A local tiptoes by some old buildings with cars for an industry. Lucky business. As I recall IC Industries was more interested in bottling fizzy sugar water or some such at that time. Photo by ... (more)

Two Louisville & Nashville E7's leading train 8 The Pan American, are getting ready to leave Louisville Union Station for the last time on May 01, 1971. Photo by Louis Marre, from my collection... (more)

In those days almost any Class I railroad might appear here.

Fresh out of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's San Bernardino Shops are two SDF40-2 locomotives. These were former Amtrak SDP40Fs that the ATSF acquired 18 of in a trade for 43 switchers. ... (more)

Two passenger GP9's 512 and ex-Wabash GP9 3489, leads the eastbound "Cannonball" at Decatur, Illinois on May 5, 1968. Al Holtz Photo, from my collection.

A shabby looking Missouri Pacific F7A 808 with F7B and a GP18 leads a ballast train near Omaha, Nebraska in October 1963. Photo by M. Nierdieck, from my collection.

MoPac F7A 834 with GP7, F7B and F7A is on the lead of a hopper train at Sargent Yard in Memphis, Tennessee on November 19, 1967. Phil Gosney photo, from my collection.

AT&SF EMC E1 number five departs Albuquerque at 10 MPH with a five car El Capitan in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Lead unit started as L&N>SBD>CSX. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

AT&SF train number twelve, the Chicagoan, is departing Emporia Kansas at 10 MPH on March 4th 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

As leading Wabash F-7#660 with two F-7B's approached the passing siding, it passed westbound train 89 with four F-7's on the point hauling auto parts cars at Chapin, Illinois at milepost 457 on Fe... (more)