CSXT 9032 leads CSX M510 from Cincinnati Queensgate yard yard to Detroit's Rougemere yard. Here they are going by past the signals at P Company in Dearborn just a few miles shy of there destinatio... (more)
Sliding past the fueling pad during a yard move, Chessie System 8249 (GE B30-7, built February 1979) and a a B&O GP40 are seen here with the Ford Rouge complex in the background.
One of Pere Marquettes, E7 No. 107 resting at the C&O yard at Dearborn, Michigan on March 30, 1961. Photo by E. Goulash, form my collection.
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Kodachrome of GP18 4706. Built in February of 1960, seen here in October of 1988, is just a few dozen yards northeast of the diamond with Conrail's Junction Yard Branch. When built, steam power o... (more)
The BL2s were rather unsuccessful EMD design being a cross between an F-unit and a road switcher. The C&O owned 14 (the largest fleet) and used them almost exclusively in Michigan to power locals... (more)
Amtrak train 352, the eastbound "Wolverine", makes very quick work of the interlocking at CP Lou on the NS Michigan Line just outside of downtown Detroit. This was my first time seeing these new S... (more)
Treasures of the Henry Ford: The Allegheny Cab Here's a look at the "business office" of the big C&O 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Locomotive, which is housed in The Henry Ford Museum of Amer... (more)
Treasures of the Henry Ford: Bessemer & Lake Erie Consolidation #154 Tucked away near the back of the Henry Ford railroad collection is this massive Baldwin Consolidation, built for the Bes... (more)
Treasures of The Henry Ford: "The President." Henry Ford's collection of historic locomotives would not be complete without an example of the locomotive type that literally built America: T... (more)
Treasures of The Henry Ford: Stephenson's Rocket Replica. This diminutive little locomotive is a replica of one of the early break-through designs when steam-powered locomotion was still in... (more)