The Diesel Shop at Year-- 30

June 1995: This 30-year-old scene captures Metra 614 seconds before crossing the old Milwaukee Road / Elgin Joliet & Eastern diamond at Rondout, Illinois on June 2. Once a common sight, the rare EMD-built F40C cab-unit was recently donated to the Illinois Railway Museum. (R. Craig photo).

Dissecting the Detroit & Mackinac: The Detroit & Mackinac has long been an intriguing operation as much for its all-Alco roster as for the its north-woods Michigan character. Art Peterson highlights in text and photos a trip he took in 1977.

The Conrail Business Train: Initially, Conrail business train equipment wore the railroad's standard bright "Federal Blue" attire. A shift in 1983 to pullman green caught many by surprise; it did not however lessen the popularity of Conrail's Office Car Special (OCS). Read more here.
In the Queue: Trip Reports
  • July - From Kodak Park to Ivy City - 1971
  • August - A Visit to Peabody Coal (by Rick Morgan)
  • September - Wow 1968! (by Denny Custer)
  • October - West to WGRF Omaha in 1973


Ready Track: New Listings / Major Updates

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Art's Album

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Art's Album is intended to be an on-line resource consisting of past Art Peterson articles and images that reflect development and change within the railroading industry primarily during the 20th Century. It centers on a collection of short photo-essays that feature the lens work of several different raifan photographers. Most of the material is drawn from the Kramble-Peterson Archives.


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