Cresson Steel NS 8717 is one of five former-NS C40-8s stored in Cresson, PA. Though they've been parked at a scrap metal facility for the better part of a decade, they're still standing.

Unveiled for the Batten Kill's 40th anniversary celebration last October, SNEX 5015 sits idle in the sun. Its' paint scheme was inspired by D&H 5015, a one off livery.

60% Of The Time It Works Every Time. One of the "had to have" if possible shots from today was later in the afternoon, but it was the cooperation of the track selection lottery th... (more)

N&W 1620 is about to cross the former Virginian Ry mainline with an empty hopper train at South Yard in Roanoke. The empties have come from the Belews Creek Power Plant on the Shenandoah Division ... (more)

The gloom of a wet and cold October morning is no match for these vibrant autumn yellows as they brightly dress the surrounding northern Minnesota landscape with their seasonal shades, looking on ... (more)

From a high vantage point above Palmer Lake, Colorado on a sunny day, A BNSF coal train winds its way around the lake and stretches towards Monument.

Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.

An NS locomotive assigned to the GM Plant in Wentzville, Missouri shuttles auto chassis from the yard to the plant building.

Auto Train in Louisville? Yes, they operated there for a short time. If it had started in Chicago it might have made sense.

Livingston, Montana was Northern Pacific's major diesel maintenance facility for their entire transcontinental fleet of freight and passenger locomotives as well as the Rocky Mountain Division... (more)

After a tragic derailment near Burns Harbor, The CSS 2010 is on the rail and just got started as part of the cleanup efforts. The CSS 804 had been the lead unit in the incident and has already bee... (more)

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)

An Island Paradise in the City. It would be very easy to lose track of the world outside the brightly-colored walls of the Rockaway Beach Surf Club while enjoying the tacos, refreshing ... (more)

Santa Fe Livesl On the high desert of Utah, the Comstock Iron Mine uses a small fleet of ex. ATSF C44-9Ws to haul iron ore down the steep 2.5% grades of the mine railroad to an interchange ... (more)

As my Kentucky sojourn was ending I decided to get back to over to this operation. While not as exciting as the Alco alligator that was here previously it was good to see at least one of the rare... (more)