The Wisconsin Central badge makes a visit to the Deep South as it awaits classification at the CSX’s Tilford Yard.

This nostalgic UP shield is starting to show its age as it’s still in the original paint applied to it by the Pacific Car & Foundry back in September of 1980. While this logo was once a smooth re... (more)

Enclosed merchandise is not the only thing boxcars carry.

Tony the Tagger An eye-catching form of urban artwork is displayed along the curved sides of a normally dull looking covered hopper from Trenton works as it departs the Tilford yard on a c... (more)

With its 8-ft diameter Santa Fe “circle-cross” herald looking almost as good as the day when it was applied to this waycar, this familiar form of the Santa Fe logo hasn’t changed too much since it... (more)

This Eagle is still Screaming 30 years after the UP take over.

Southern still serves the South

Three of the most famous letters know by railroaders and railfans alike continue to stand out nicely on the side frame of this HTC truck.

Southern gives a green light to innovation and a canvas for local 'artists'.

While these mating worms have lasted longer than the parent railroad they represented, their deterioration is a good example of how tough life got on that railroad in the mid-70s.

Beginning in 1992 by NS as a program to remanufacture its aging coal hopper fleet into higher capacity assets, the Top Gon rebuilds were constructed for NS by the Roanoke East Shops to a tune of 1... (more)

And with the stroke of a pen 150 years ago this month the Union Pacific was created. While the slogans alongside its name may have changed, the iconic shield still remains the same. Here’s to an... (more)

Fallen Flags The names of former Midwestern roads are still seen adorned on the sides of coal hoppers as these cars sit and wait for their next customer.

Main Street of the Northwest With a close look one finds the original heritage of this 1958 built mechanical reefer which now finds itself amongst other relics found at the more)

Innovative A painter obviously used some of that Green Light to Innovation by only repainting the first three letters in the word “Southern” which in this case would act as the required “SO... (more)