The CSS Belt Job comes around the connection off the IC and onto home rails. To the right is Kensington Tower still keeping watch after all these years.
CSS 804 rounds the bend at Rock Island Junction as they build their train to go back to home rails. In the background we see two stack trains meeting on the NS Chicago Line.
Frisco had four SD38-2 locomotives, two with dynamic brakes and two without. In 1980 the BN took over and a paint out and renumbering occurred. Here it is in its short livery, but I think the Fris... (more)
After spending the morning loading cars with coal from the underground mine in Kirby, the Cumberland Mine Railroad is nearing the end of its run as it crosses over Alicia Road at the east end of t... (more)