After a half mile walk along a field from my car, stepping in several hidden holes and tripping over a large branch in some tall grass, I finally arrived at this quaint little spot in the middle o... (more)

Santa Fe GP9 No. 2256 leads an eastbound freight at La Rose, Illinois, on May 18, 1985. Trailing GE U23B coughs up thick, black smoke, revealing an abundance of cottonwood seeds floating though th... (more)

As the rear of a Santa Fe eastbound freight rumbles by, a fast moving intermodal train led by GE U23B No. 6329 passes a slower train on the north main at milepost 117 at La Rose, Illinois, on May ... (more)