C&G #8718 switches some cars around at the Mississippi Steel Processing Plant

Carloads are the lifeblood of any freight railroad. The huge Westvaco paper mill at Luke, MD provided both WM and B&O with a sizable revenue stream from inbound raw materials and outbound paper. ... (more)

The Local is just entering the yard at Ray Junction in nice late afternoon sun. GP18's are not common anymore so it is good to see some still running and in good shape.

R.J. Corman Local power sets for the weekend

TZPR SW1500 1520 leads a local down the Peoria Riverfront area.

TZPR SW1500 1520 prepares to depart the small yard in Peoria Heights with a local.

Delaplane, VA, October 1987 - Though the Southern Railway had been a part of the newly formed Norfolk Southern for about five years at this point, this westbound Front Royal local with a B-23-7 an... (more)

The San Luis Central Railroad is a potato and agricultural chemical hauler operating between Monte Vista and Center, Colorado, a distance of 13 miles. The railroad is located in the fertile San Lu... (more)

An SD40-2/GP40-2 combo switches the south end of Cleveland (TN) yard. High hood units are slowly becoming more and more difficult to find.

Anybody care for some Burlington Northern or some Santa Fe? A BNSF local job slips over the viaduct at MP 1151.2 to pick up a pair of center beams in the Sando siding indus... (more)

With one of Cotton Belt's large cabooses once upon a time to accommodate passengers, a branch line local with a Baldwin switcher and a full crew is returning to the mainline -- Malden.

This ex-BN GP10 now on lease from ILSX to the St. Croix Valley Railroad does some switching at Zinpro chemical north of North Branch, MN along the former Skally line. This unit was brought in to ... (more)

After making up the train, a pair of veteran Cascade green former BN engines sit quietly on a Sunday morning.

Cimarron Valley's daily run to the BNSF interchange at Dodge City is "gettin' out of Dodge" on it's way back to Satanta and S.W. Kansas on ATSF's former branch line to Boise City, Okla. The GP-3... (more)

MILW's SD7 522 has eight empty 40-ft. box cars in tow at Suffolk, Mont. en route to the elevator at the end of the branch at Winifred. The 90-mile round trip at 10 mph will require most of the c... (more)