On January 6th, 2024 an MBTA/Keolis work extra moved B&M RDC-2 #6213 and B&M milk car 1930 from Boston Engine terminal to the former shop complex at Iron Horse Park in North Billerica. The Budd RD... (more)

Looking more like a model railroad scene, a class 2600 electric loco is seen between Porto Sao-Bento and Porto Campanha.

Some old SW9's painted up for the conrail still exist, All through they are now just rusting away.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Santa Fe had visions of a company museum, and was wise enough to hang onto a variety of locomotives with that in mind. It never happened, of course, and the collection was donated to the Californ... (more)

CP 2816 approaches Blackfalds as it heads south on the Leduc Sub.

On February 9th at 4:45 am, one of BNSFs monster coal trains derailed east of Cairo Nebraska. The three SD70ACes were the mid-train DPUs.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

US Steel SW8 #1247 is seen moving a cut of bottle cars around the USS Granite City Works.

The ADBF 1751 just clears Beaver Street as it shoves an empty Gondola south on the Old Town Spur for Friedland Industries. An extremely rare move as this spur sees only this action Once a Year. Th... (more)

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

SP train 26, The Owl, is at Glendale California in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Pennsy leads train NS 351 around the curve at Fetner as it passes the historic Page-Walker Hotel in Cary, NC. I wasn't expect this heritage unit to lead, let alone run long hood forward. The F... (more)

CSXT came through Decatur, and I knew I was going to have to follow it for a while to get photos and video. I made my way as far down as Cullman, where a Christmas event was taking place next to ... (more)

Just behind the business on Turner Road the ADBF 1751 pulls a load of scrap metal from Friedland Industries. Fitting that this engine makes this rare move on the Old Town Spur as the 1751 has been... (more)