This wooden office car is most likely the oldest Southern Railway passenger car in existence. Its long and strange history began in 1870, when it was built for the South Carolina & Georgia Railroa... (more)

Helium hauler: At the Amarillo Railroad Museum, a Bureau of Mines MHAX car used to haul helium is on display. They had a capacity of 100 tons, or about 280,000 cubic feet, and carried helium in pr... (more)

It’s a hot summer afternoon as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle waits for a BNSF unit sulphur train to pass by at Emery Street in Longmont, Colorado, on July 7, 2005.

Westbound Soo Line freight train at Hamel, Minnesota, in December 1974 with an A-B-B-B consist of F-units. The train has just left Minneapolis and is crossing over U.S. Highway 55. The photograph... (more)

This year the Nevada Northern 2013 Winter Steam Spectacular Photo Shoot featured the 106 year old, 100 ton Steam Crane "A". The shoot took place on the evening of February 16th, 2013. Accompanyi... (more)

A coal empty wraps around the spectacular double-horseshoe curve between Bond and Crater on the climb up Toponas summit en route to Craig for reloading. The usual black locomotives and black coal ... (more)

The former James Strates "Winston-Salem, NC" coach meets its grizzly fate, along with #51, the former "Harrington, DE" (later "Pompano Beach, FL")

Changing of the Guard. A set of Burlington F3 diesels pass through the Galesburg, Illinois, yard in October 1959, passing by a number of Burlington steam locomotives stored near the now-ob... (more)

I think I can! I think I can! It's getting to be twilight time for finding any steam on the PRR at this juncture, but lo a spirited #685 blasts past one of those damn diesels at Camden. PRR Class... (more)

A quite evening in the CSX Service Center.

The grade is as steep as in the mountain even where the Lima - Galera - la Oroya main line crosses the mining city of Casapalca.

Action at Saunders Tower—1: Upon a morning arrival to Saunders Tower just south of Superior, Wisconsin, a Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific transfer freight waits for a southbound Chicago and North Wes... (more)

Parked my car in downtown Cheyenne hoping to take a shot of the nice old station, surprised to see a bus that says "Union Pacific Shop Tour," get on said bus and I go from never seeing any of UP's... (more)

An NS office car special enroute to Chattanooga passes over RJ Corman's ex Southern FP7's at their yard in Lexington, KY. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)