The Elgin, Joliet & Southern (EJ&S) is a WATCO owned outfit, based in Crest Hill, IL. WAMX GP35L #3509 is making a delivery to BL Duke Recycling in Joliet. 3509 was built for the Western Pacific i... (more)
WAMX 3508 leads a short train through St. Anthony Idaho as the last bit of daylight fades away in the winter sky.
Early morning in Rubert, Idaho, I find WAMX 3501 (original NYC 3093) parked with WAMX 4042 (original NYC 3104), a GP40-3, and far in the back is a caboose numbered EIRR 100.
With grain harvest in full swing, Eastern Idaho Railroad's Ashton Turn rolls through the small town of Twin Groves, Idaho on a sunny fall afternoon with WAMX GP35L no. 3505 in the lead. 3505 was ... (more)
After picking up more reefers loaded with Idaho potatoes, Eastern Idaho #3508 accelerates south from Rexburg as a thunderstorm builds to the north. Nikon Coolpix 5700
Eastern Idaho Railroad, (WAMX) EIRR 3503, EIRR 3508 and ex-Conrail (still in blue) EIRR 2242 sit in their small home yard waiting for their next chance to work. The mix of used engines still look ... (more)
The farmers and the state formed their own means of transporting potatoes from the branch lines, they started up the Eastern Idaho Railroad. Formed in about 1993 and working in two different secti... (more)
