Originally Algoma Central. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Oelwein was nicknamed Hub City from the Chicago Great Western, which came to town in 1892. Around 1900 the railroad built major car and locomotive shops in Oelwein. Over 1,000 people were employed... (more)

Wabash Valley Railroad GP7 in the yard at Decatur, Illinois.The Wabash Valley operated from 1977 to 1981 as a shortline on a former Pennsylvania Railroad branch.

In well worn CNW paint, 4331 is the plant switcher for Bartlett Grain Company in Council Bluffs Iowa. The CNW ball and bar logo is still seen under the cab number.

CNW 4133 works the warehouse just east of the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee's Third Ward in August of 1984. This was once the "Route of the 400" when CNW's Lakefront depot was still in... (more)

A pair of RJ Corman GP7s work Graphic Packaging International's Paper Mill in Macon, Georgia with a string of ex-Pan Am boxcars. Both units were built for the Santa Fe.

CNW 4554 leads the Eden Wayfreight as it approaches Kewaskum, WI in July of 1988. The train is about to duck under HWY 45 on CNW's Airline. This line would be acquired by the Fox River Valley RR l... (more)

What a delightfully diverse roster of old geeps the North Western possessed. Just another of those old horses. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

. The Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District was created to capitalize on the city's history with the cattle industry and hosts a series of preserved buildings, with some dating back to 1866. The... (more)

The Frontier Cooperative Company's grain elevator in Silver Creek NE has GP7 DDDX 4162 assigned to it to handle car switching. (DDDX is the AAR reporting mark for Frontier Cooperative Co.) This ... (more)

Leased to the Frontier Cooperative Company's grain elevator in rural Nebraska is the former Belt Railway of Chicago GP7 473. After the BRC disposed of this Geep, it became Merchants Despatch Tran... (more)

NS V93 waits to do switching in Harrisonburg yard with RF&P 101 leading.

A Tennessee Central Railway Museum excursion heading out of the city for Watertown, TN from Nashville. This was a wine tasting excursion that was being hosted by DelMonaco Winery. I just happened ... (more)

CNW 4154 is ready to depart Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI with a short freight in June of 1995. Love the CNW, but that paint scheme was not one of my favorites.

A C&O train consisting of GP7's and 9's pulls a coal train through the Allegheny mountains of West Virginia. Photo by R. Malinoski.