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Frankfort roundhouse memories
The former NKP roundhouse in Frankfort, Indiana is currently being torn down after years of sitting abandoned. In honor of its memory, here are a pair of shots of former NKP 2-8-2 #587 at the roundhouse in June 1991. She would power excursions to Muncie the following weekend. A second volume of Rails Around Indiana…
UP ‘Big Boy’ 4014 rolls through St Louis 8-30-21
Union Pacific’s Big Boy #4014 rolled through St Louis on August 30, 2021. Stops were made in Kirkwood, Pacific, Washington, Hermann and Jefferson City
Three new railfan videos posted
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…
New book launch!!
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,…
Two new pages of photos added
Two new pages of train photos have been added in the railfan section. Check it out!
Rails Around Michigan is Back!
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…
