New videos posted

ByMichael C Kelly September 20, 2014

I’ve posted 3 new videos on my YouTube channel covering trains in West St Louis County, Pacific, and coal trains on Kirkwood Hill. Click here to see them!

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Two new pages of photos added
ByMichael C Kelly October 5, 2014

Two new pages of train photos have been added in the railfan section. Check it out!

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Baby, it’s cold outside!
ByMichael C Kelly January 6, 2015

Frigid temps this week have me “firing up the way-back machine” looking back at old slides instead of venturing out to shoot new images. Here are a few from 1987-90 that convey “cold” to me. First, C&NW SD40-2 leads a Chicago-bound freight past the old Litchfield & Madison engine house in Edwardsville, IL on 12-18-87….

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“Rails Around” at the 2026 St Louis RPM meet
ByMichael C Kelly July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

I will be at the 2026 St Louis Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet at Gateway Center in Collinsville, Illinois Friday July 24 and Saturday July 25, 10am-4pm. I will have copies of Rails Around Central Illinois, Southern Illinois and Missouri, plus a way to pre-order my next book, Rails Around Northern Illinois! Stop by and say…

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New book launch!!
ByMichael C Kelly July 13, 2016

I am pleased to announce the launch of my next book, Rails Around Indiana (and southern Illinois) – The Hoosier State in Days Past. This new book will follow in the template of Rails Around Missouri and Rails Around Michigan, featuring all-color photographs from the steam era to the mid-1980s. It will be hard cover,…

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Second Anniversary – will there be a reprint?
ByMichael C Kelly May 12, 2015

This week marks the second anniversary of the release of Rails Around Missouri, and looking back, the title was available with 2 different covers. I am asked a lot about printing more as well as a sequel. A reprint is still being considered, and your feedback is critical in that decision. If you want a…

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Rails Around Michigan is Back!
ByMichael C Kelly March 10, 2014

After being out of print for 3 years, “Rails Around Michigan” is being made available again in 2 forms: an E-book for iPad, and a hard cover, 124-page print-on-demand version. Updated with sharper imaging, the print version is available from blurb.com and will arrive in 10-14 days. Choose from soft-cover, hard-cover with dust jacket, or…

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