The only Rio Grande 100-ton quad hopper that was ever lettered with Southern Pacific “speed lettering” was D&RGW No. 12663, built in May 1982. On January 20, 2013, the car rests in the yard at... (more)
DRGW 12633 rests at Granger Wyoming on a cold January Morning. This car is noteworthy for being the only DRGW hopper repainted into Southern Pacific's speed lettering paint scheme. It also has not... (more)
This logo on a P&S hopper car was showing its age when photographed on June 5, 1991 in Brockway, PA.
My goal was to photograph the old B&O station in Grafton but the rear of a hopper train was in the way. When I looked at the slides, I'm glad it was there. CSX gave a little "extra tea" to the t... (more)
Weight limit doesn't apply to the vehicles at right...
Looks like the wind is lightening the load...
At about 3:00 PM on Wednesday July 1st, CSX coal train N132 derailed while traversing the Stonewall Connection in Union City, GA, piling up about 20 cars on the connector. By the next day when i m... (more)
Whoever said that railroading isn't as manpower intensive as it used to be has apparently never been to a derailment scene. What appears to be a CN employee is cutting the mangled rail from under ... (more)
Covered hoppers, including a few still sporting the DRGW logo, are on a side track at the Riceland Foods Plant in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
Busy night! A coal train waiting to be picked up by R.J. Corman sits in the foreground with its EOTD blinking as a WB's EOTD is seen flashing away. An EB is lighting up the trees and side of the c... (more)
A KCS freight blasts through the York Road crossing in Lauderdale, Mississippi, en route to Meridian on the Artesia Sub.
Cars were lifted from their trucks when the flood wateres poured into New Orleans East.
Brakeshoe smoke! (Fr. Dale Peterka photographing the action by the station)
Closeup view of NCUX 30526 hard up against the UP 89054