From 1975 to 1979 I lived in Duluth, Minnesota, overlooking the entrance to the Duluth Ship Canal. It was easy to photograph the ships entering the harbor. The Duluth photos were all taken from 1976 to 1979. The earliest photos were taken with a half-frame camera. The prints were not very good quality, so the digital copies are also not so good. I have added a few river barges, as well as English Channel and Rhine River shipping. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.

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In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for my favorite, the Illinois Central RR, along with the Gulf, Mobile, & Ohio, and the post-merger Illinois Central Gulf. I took most of these photos in the late 1980s along the ICG mainline between the Champaign ICG Yard and Tolono, unless otherwise noted. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/IllinoisCentralRRICICGGMO

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for the major Eastern railroads. All locations are in Illinois unless otherwise noted. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/EasternUSRailroads

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for the major Western railroads. All locations are in Illinois unless otherwise noted. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/WesternUSRailroads

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for mid-size railroads, mostly from the Midwest, as well as various short lines. The Illinois Central will be in its own album. All locations are in Illinois unless otherwise noted. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/MediumSizeUSRailroadsShortLines

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is rolling stock of all sorts. I took almost all of these photos in 1987-90, mostly along the ICG mainline between the Champaign ICG Yard and Tolono. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/USARailroadsRollingStockOfTheLate1980s

My dad was a P-47 fighter pilot in World War II (see first picture) and aviation editor for the Rockford Newspapers, so I grew up around airplanes. These are all WW II aircraft still in operation, many owned and flown by the Confederate Air Force. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/WarbirdsAircraftOfWorldWarII#