Cresson Steel NS 8717 is one of five former-NS C40-8s stored in Cresson, PA. Though they've been parked at a scrap metal facility for the better part of a decade, they're still standing.

Two ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s help an intermodal train up the grade nearing the famous Horseshoe curve. It was a fine autumn day and the fall colors were great. April 1st is Conrail's 48th birthd... (more)

Wrecked Amtrak P42 9 sits outside the shop at Beech Grove.

F3A 4134, F3B 4329, F7B 4402 and F7A 4185 at Southern's Inman yard, Atlanta, GA. To accommodate a 1225 gallon water tank, Southern relocated the air tanks to the roofs of several F3As, including... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates up to speed at Milepost 108 on the point of an 18-car passenger train.

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.

Wells Fargo motors lined up on the Norris Lead at Chattanooga Tn. these will be going back to Wells Fargo Bank soon.

One of the earlier AEM-7DCs is first to be scrapped. It was dismantled into three chunks, which were hauled offsite by trailer to be further reduced. Amtrak ended up creating an official eBay acco... (more)

Eastbound on the west end bridge. Trailing units are SD45B-2 5516, SD40E EMDX 6431 and Dash 9-44CW 744.

1800 led a westbound train of storage flats to be placed in the passing siding at Old Fort. All of the cars would not fit so they continued west up the loops with the remaining cars for Asheville... (more)

John Deeres NS 8099 and 1069, the Southern and Virginian heritage units, are staged outside the Juniata misc. shop where the Office Car Train is stored. Tomorrow morning, they'll deadhead ... (more)

Visible on a guided escort within the shop yard are six unrepainted SD40-2 which have seen little to no use since GrupoMexico took over. With five of the GE sent to Mexico and others being taken ... (more)

Foreign Pumpkins on April Fools. First shot in the database of this re-lettered, recently acquired ex-BNSF Dash in the yard. These parts mostly sees GP38s and SD40/50s.