On this August morning FCEN #50 passes through Highland Park with loads of lumber for Lowe's in Frostproof, FL. This CF-7 is on its last legs for Florida Central and is soon to be retired.

Redmont's only engine sits quietly in the night a few hours before the heavy rain and tornadoes would hit the region

tied down in the rain at night on Christmas Day in Williston, a ragged Florida Northern CF-7, on Florida Northern rails

tied down in the rain at night on Christmas Day in Ocala

We were there on business and riding by invitation. Thanks folks.

Not what you might expect a railcar shop to resort to for air. Note the air line down the nose from the construction trailer air compressor mounted on the unit. Must have been a chore to refuel th... (more)

This CF7 was looking very bad, nice to see they have put some work into it. Note the paint can still hanging from the rear truck. Built 5/51 as ATSF 257C, to ATSF 2553/NERR 2553/DFTX 2553/ Eagle R... (more)

Sitting at one of the tracks next to the old roundhouse. This unit was reborn in 1972 after many years of service as an F-7, ATSF 235, to continue a couple more decades of service.

It's 11:25pm, and all is quiet in downtown Newberry. The "Panthers" watertower glows above both of Florida Northern's engines tied up here tonight, FCEN 47 and FMID 65.

The Illinois Railnet LaSalle to Zearing Job is shown crawling across one of several wooden trestles, this one over Spring Creek at Ladd, Illinois on its way to interchange with the BNSF at Zearing... (more)

Indiana Rail Road's CF-7, 2543, leads up a football special heading for Bloomington, IN. INRD recently revived a close rendition of the original paint scheme worn by the 200, 201 and 300. The or... (more)