This slab sided Budd car began life as a Coach that Amtrak chose to convert to a baggage car in the late 90s for the then-expanding mail and express business. This came at a time when Heritage ca... (more)
Eighteen years after the Chicago Great Western became part of the Chicago & North Western, this cushion-underframe plug-door bow car was still flying CGW colors.
If you spent enough time watching trains in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area, you would see freight cars from almost every railroad in the US and Canada. This is th... (more)
“Fresh Air” The conductor of the “East End Local” (B829), with Chessie System/B&O GP38 2047 (CSX#), gets some fresh air and conducts a “roll by” inspection of R171 (Orange Bl... (more)
The "Louie" has been gone for decades but the paint scheme lives on, on this cement hopper in Rapid City, SD in May of 1990. Love the improvised track bumper.