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,…
I’ve caught up to processing the video I’ve shot this summer, and have posted three new 15-minute videos on YouTube. I do almost all of my railfanning at lunch, which limits my range to west St Louis County. You never know what may come along, even if it’s the same locations. Just yesterday I passed…
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….
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!
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…
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…
