And the April 2008 Darwin Award goes to...the guy in the black S10. For those wondering, the loco was moving, if only at roughly 10 MPH. The pickup, however, barely cleared since the driver had a... (more)

Perhaps the most obscure section of street running still in operation, which I didn't even know existed until we stumbled upon it during this outing. For 2 blocks in a mixed industrial/residential... (more)

This most unusual locomotive has been immaculately restored by the RR Museum of PA. The chunky streamlined loco was the only fireless 0-8-0 ever built. It was built by Heisler in 1939, weighs appr... (more)

A Geep/slug set is taking a break from switching the huge Big Island paper mill. Can anyone tell me if “STOP DISMOUNT” signs like the one seen here are common or what purpose they serve? I’... (more)

Strasburg is famous for its steam locos, but this less-often photographed former Lancaster, Oxford, & Southern gasoline powered coach makes for an equally classic scene trundling along the line. I... (more)

Coastal Plain ballast! CLNA's only GP35 rolls onto the excepted track of the Bellhavne branch with 2 cars of lime for farmers at Pantego. 15 is currently the unit the line keeps parked in the tiny... (more)

425 enters the Lehigh River Gorge just north of Jim Thorpe. Just a month to go until 425's next romp down the mainline from Tunkhannock to Jim Thorpe. Visit http://www.readingnorthern.com/passenge... (more)

Overhang! The RBMN steam crew looks on to make sure 425 successfully completes her spin on the turntable keeping "Safety First" as the tender flanks say. They managed to fit the 4-6-2 and both of ... (more)

With the completion this month of the trail over the "High Bridge," this new VA state park offers bikers a ride over the old N&W Pamplin City to Burkeville mainline. The centerpiece of the trail i... (more)

Cass has quite a collection of defunct equipment on the property including two former South Branch Valley ex-US Army Alco MRS-1’s sandwiching a terribly fire damaged CN wooden caboose. Behind t... (more)

The eastbound YV road train rolls past a recent derailment sight where a covered hopper waits to be rescued.

This 1950 Baltimore and Ohio E-unit looks rather rough in its faded US DOT paint awaiting restoration as part of the WV RR Museum collection.

It's a tight squeeze but she fits! I can't imagine what it must feel like in that little shop when trains roll through here though. In this scene, an AC&W crew brings a short empty grain train fro... (more)

A pair of matching Geeps idle just east of the Fairbanks shop building as we roll out of town at 0820 on the southbound Denali Star bound for Anchorage some 355 miles south. In the foreground we a... (more)

Though she's small, Flagg Coal 75 set fires along the drought striken ROW in a big way. The museum's fire crew with a water tank on a speeder (seen just over the nose of the fire truck) could not ... (more)