Two UP Dash 9s bring an empty rock train into the ex-Rio Grande yard in Pueblo which has its western side protected by a levee built to help control the flow of the Arkansas River and prevent a ca... (more)

Two pairs of fallen flags set the scene as yard locomotives and power from a recently tied down coal train all take a break at the former D&RGW locomotive yard.

MoPac Still Delivers
To the casual observer it looks like the Missouri Pacific is alive and well as a number of its 65’ mill gondolas are seen in Pueblo this day.

With an S612 waiting for a new crew on track 2, M707 traverses the s-curve at Bell Street as it makes its way off the Prattville Branch and on to the S&NA yard.

What’s in a name?
A rather serendipitous placement of a weld between these two rails has added an extra “F” to the standard more)

One fifth of the PRLX SD70MAC leaser fleet being utilized by NS is at the front of train 137 as the 6200 foot long freight train slowly treks through Opelika. The long length today is quite a cha... (more)

Southern Pacific Lines Tracing its origin to the 1870s, Southern Pacific’s Sunset medallion could be found on railroad maps, timetables, bridges and even on the nose of E-unit locomotive... (more)

The lone yard engine of today’s Y191 has just changed from track 2 to track 1 and now finds itself heading back towards the yard while the more)

A classic Santa Fe GP7 still finds work as it now shuffles cars around BNSF's East Thomas yard. It's very interesting to still find veterans like this making a Class I railroad money.

No longer known as the Birmingham Southern Railroad after a purchase by Watco Companies in 2011, the new Birmingham Terminal Railway continues to work more than 30 customers in the Birmingham area... (more)

A pair of butt-heads pose in front of the silos of Tom's Toasted Peanuts as they wait for trip south to the paper mill later that eve... (more)

A visitor from the Natchez Railway sits in the Paducah & Louisville Railway's yard on a sunny October afternoon. While this railroad and the PAL are two completely independent operations today, t... (more)

The ATSF 119 poses in front of the Hilton Hotel as it looks right at home in the former Santa Fe yard located in downtown San Diego.

A mighty fine slogan for a mighty fine railroad.

A majestic pair of SD40-2s pull today's Q521 past the Union Station train shed on a bright and sunny day in Montgomery. Unfortunately the tonnage would be too much for these 3000 hp motors as the... (more)