Historical Collection - Diesel

An A-B-B-A set of SP "Black Widow" F units meets a Cab Forwards. Date and location approximate.

Monon 85A powers a southbound "Sports Special" through Francesville, IN. The Norte Dame football team is on board.

The Rio Grandes Prospector is heading through arguable the most scenic part of its route with FTs for power.

In this NYC postcard, the 20th Century Limited rounds a gradual curve with a perfect matched set of NYC E units and coaches.

An A-B set of B&O F units are turned on a turntable outside a roundhouse. I wish modern railroads still used these. Date and location are approximate.

A Union Pacific streamliner screams through a crossing somewhere in California. These were railroadings golden days. Date and location approximate.

The Union Pacific City of Portland Is passing through the open prairie just outside of the town of Soda Springs, Idaho. The passengers wont have to wait much longer before they arrive on the west coast. Date is approximate.

The Union Pacifics combined City of Denver and City of Portland makes its way through the middle of complete nowhere on its way to Denver. Date is approximate.

A Monon F3A #208 squeezes between the depot and railroad hotel in Monon, IN. The hotel still stands, while the depot wasnt so lucky.

CP RSD17 8921 is seen here working the yard in Vancouver sometime in the 1960s. This unit was CP rails only RSD17, a former demonstrator, and is now preserved. Date and location approximite.

PRRs Spirit Of Saint Louis departs its namesake city bound for New York.

CBQ 9949 heads into Chicago Union Station. Date approximate.

A CB&Q E unit leaves Chicago Union Station

A quartet of Monon ALCo RS-2s pass the grain elevator in Taylor, IN. The engineer is Ron Marquardt.

This dramatic angle shows a Monon freight crossing the Wildcat Creek Bridge, the longest one on the whole railroad.

Although this looks like a staged photo, this is actually just the new at the time UP 6900 "Centennial" on a freight with a string of new UP boxcars at the front. Date approximate.

Milwaukee Road 38C here probably hasnt had actual maintenance in years and is on its last legs. Date and location approximate.

A Milwaukee Road F unit sits in Bensenville Yard with two C&O GP30s. Date and location approximate.

Three Milwaukee Road geeps wait outside of the shops at the Bensenville yard. Date and location are approximate.

In this scene on a Union Pacific postcard, the City of LA is mere minutes away from its namesake citys station. This train only had three months left before the Amtrak takeover.

This was the last run of the Capital Limited under B&O before Amtrak took over the service. Funnily enough, I would get to see the final run of the Amtrak Capital Limited in person 53 years later.

GM&Os Abraham Lincoln passes through Springfield Illinois. This was one of the very few Non-Amtrak passenger trains by this point.

A Southern Pacific Freight runs through Wells, Nevada in the middle of the desert. Note the EMDX unit and UP foreign power.

A Monon C420 passes the Rensselaer, IN depot, which has since been demolished. Date approximate.

There are only a few weeks left of Penn Central as this freight passes the Osceola, IN depot.

A Penn Central switcher hauls a short cut of coal hoppers over a 150 year old and very quickly built bridge over the St. Joseph river. This bridge is no longer standing and this whole line is abandoned. Location approximate.

N&W 1776, the Bicentennial unit, waits in Roanoke? for its next assignment.

The two oldest E units left in revenue service pass preserved Rock Island steam engine 886. Rock Island history is very evident in this photo.

Amtrak E Unit #440 leads a train past the now-demolished original Griffith, IN tower. Amtrak no longer runs through here.

Before the Amtrak Michigan Line was the extremely busy passenger corridor it is today, it looked like this. Certainly not doing as well financially, but I think we can all agree the E Units look better than whatever the SC-44s are.

Two downright disgusting Rock island E units sit at LaSalle street station in Chicago, waiting for their next commuter run. Date and location approximate.

A CNW commuter train slowly exists LaSalle street station. Date approximate.

An aging Amtrak E unit leads a short train. Date and location approximate.

A modern Conrail manifest blasts through Pierceton, IN with an SD45 leader. While Conrail is seeing the revival of the railroad industry, the Pierceton Depot is sadly not. Date approximate.

An assortment of CN ALCOs and MLWs wait their turn at the shops in Toronto. Date and location approximate.

A LHF Chessie System freight heads through Nappanee, back when it was still an Amtrak stop.

A GO transit F40PH leaves the yard. Date is approximate.

Leading a freight through the scenic British Columbia montains. No info with the photo, so date and location are approximate.

An Amtrak train rounds a bend in the west with a F40PH and P42DC for power. Date and location are approximate. Scanned from the over of the DVD "America by Rail Volume 2"

Back when the Altoona Works sign wasnt so dark and depressing. Date is approximate.

A closeup of the nose of BNSF 708, albeit with the Santa Fe on the front, leading an intermodal with a fellow Warbonnet and a leaser. Date and location approximate.

BNSF 4770 leads a train over a bridge. No info with the photo, so date and location are approximate.

A sharply painted Metra F40PHM heads out of Chicago Union Station. Date approximate.

Three lines of parked Amtrak power at Chicagos Union Station.

Four lines of parked Amtrak power at Chicagos Union Station.

NYC E8A 4085 on display in Elkhart. This engine lead the very last 20th Century Limited in 1967.

NYC 3001 on display in Elkhart.

NKP Baldwin VO-1000 preserved at the ITM before it went under. This engine was never owned by NKP but was painted in this livery by ITM. Date approximate.

ITM 200 pulls an excursion at the ITM. Date approximate.

Several CI&W engines sit at the grain elevator in Lapel, IN. Date approximate.