Durango's maintenance team wastes no time at looking over 481 after she arrives from Silverton. After all the passengers are off, she will pull the train around the roundhouse (at left) on a ballo... (more)
SOO 1003 heads eastbound past the grain elevator at Avalon as the sun makes a brief appearance.
SOO 1003 heads west past Rondout Tower, about to jump onto the Fox Lake Sub. For just a few minutes, time was turned back at Rondout. Both the 1003 and the tower are 100+ years old!
Soo Line Mikado #1003 heads NB just south of Milton after dropping off cars in Janesville, this train would later make a stop in Milton to get a refill on coal and water, after that it would head ... (more)
Crossing the cornfields of South Wisconsin, Soo Line 1003 returns home from a weekend in Chicago.
Returning from a successful Shriner's Hospital fundraiser in Chicago, Soo Line 1003 skirts one of the many lakes in Northern Illinois on its way to Fox Lake. There, the Metra pilot crew will dise... (more)
Minutes after sunrise, SOO 1003 begins its trip back home to Hartford as it races west through North Glenview.
K-37 #498 sits forlorn in the back of the Durango yard with no current plans for operation. It is one of several out of service K-37s throughout the state. #491 at the Colorado RR Museum in Golden... (more)
An interesting collection sits around the Durango turntable including this long out of service K-37 #493 which was retired by the Rio Grande in 1970. It is one of several out of service K-37s thro... (more)
After being out of service since the 1990s, K-27 #476 is undergoing a full restoration in the Durango roundhouse.
SOO 1003 puts on a nice show as it heads east by Rondout Tower and the Milwaukee Road searchlights. 1003 is enroute back home to Hartford, WI after attending a fundraiser for the Shriner's Childre... (more)
SOO 1003 exits the Metra Fox Lake Sub and begins its trip down the CP C&M Sub to Chicago. In the process, it passes the famed Rondout Tower.
SOO 1003 smokes it up through the small town of Avalon as it makes its way to Chicago for a charity event.
SOO 1003 heads east crossing the Rock river on WSOR to Chicago for Metra/Shriners special events.
SOO 1003 heads east on WSOR to Chicago for Metra/Shriners special events.
