Rows of brand new Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks assembled at the automaker's Baja California, Mexico plant patiently wait their turn to be loaded onto empty auto racks. Since the plant has no direc... (more)

Pulling For You!
A pair of 33K gallon LPG tank cars with Type E upper and lower shelf couplers roll past the 130 milepost on their way north. Notice that the cars are in tension (dra... (more)

After years of faithful service to the Santa Fe, the 2912 now finds herself as one of the star attractions of the Pueblo Railway Museum. The 2900 class of Santa Fe 4-8-4s were the heaviest of the... (more)

Enclosed merchandise is not the only thing boxcars carry.

Even though Conrail ceased to exist as of 1999, this loco didn't get the message. She is still dressed in her Conrail Blues and moves hopper cars at Oneal Quarry.

A pair of Union Pacific MoW rail flat cars show off nearly perfect symmetry in the UP Pueblo yard. If these flatcars look somewhat solid, that's because they are. These cars were built by Genera... (more)

It’s been nearly two weeks since an 18-wheeler collided with A84 collided just outside of Calera. The remains of the two SD40-2 locomotives involved sit upright against the rebuilt mainline as ... (more)

Built by the New York Central between 1929 and 1934 as way to move trains through Manhattan’s West Side above the streets of the city, the High Line would serve the city well and even earned the... (more)

Before the days of PSR on CSX, one could see loads of aggregate such as sand moving on entire unit trains. The rolling stock was railroad owned and some cars even retained fallen flag paint schem... (more)

Red gold
Labeled as calcine or iron oxide, this byproduct from the heydays of smelting at Copperhill, Tennessee has now found new way to get to metal producers overseas; that is by usi... (more)

The results of an Amtrak collision with a truck from April 20th of this year await pick up by the CSX in Birmingham as some of the prominent buildings from downtown can be seen in the background. ... (more)

Unit trains are the name of the game in Pueblo these days as many types are seen at the former Rio Grande yard. From left to right we have a unit crude oil train, unit empty and loaded rail train... (more)

The appropriately named “stinky slinky” unit sulfur train is making its way into Pueblo. With two units at the front and one in the rear, this shocker type DPU train will snake its way throug... (more)

This special track work at the CN Joliet yard certainly lives up to its name. Instead of using the traditional type of turnout for their yard ladder, this portion of the yard uses overlapping tur... (more)

Following the trend set forth by other Class I Railroads, CSX has also decided to create special paint schemes to be applied onto some of its locomotives. While NS initially came up with a paint ... (more)