The Shields River Valley Railway built a 22-mile line, completed in 1909, north from a connection on the Northern Pacific at Mission, Montana, to serve the agricultural communities of Grannis, Cha... (more)

Another loadout rusting away deep in the hollows of Eastern Kentucky.

End of Track - the sign says it all! The once busy Alma Branch to the Sprouse Creek prep plant is now just a stub off the Pokey mainline and has been removed beyond the grade crossing ahead as nat... (more)

CPL ghosts- Heavy morning fog envelops the Norfolk & Western color position lights on Norfolk Southern’s Peavine in southern Ohio. These intermediates near Rarden are like many others along the ... (more)

Completed in 1909, Shields River Valley Railway built a 22-mile line north from a connection on the Northern Pacific at Mission, Montana, to serve the agricultural communities of Grannis, Chadborn... (more)

Abandoned and in the process of being torn up, a spike puller is at Mile 35 of what used to be the Owen Sound Subdivision pulling up spikes for the next set of rail removal as crews work their way... (more)

The now abandoned Hamilton loader on The CSX Straight Creek Branch as of 2022. As seen here, the loader is the only thing that still stands without the belt line that once connected the facility. ... (more)

The scenic route of the North Coast Limited remains out of use, but not abandoned, as seen in this view where it passes under I-15 in Butte, MT. Perhaps when BNSF acquires MRL they will consider p... (more)

The idled loader at Little Creek along The Left Fork Straight Creek Branch outside of Pineville, Ky.

The short siding at Royal City Junction, Washington, is barely noticeable among the sagebrush and rabbitbrush growing between the rails on September, 28, 2021. Even less discernible is Milwaukee R... (more)

Hoffman Transportation's vintage SW7 takes headroom as it shuffles cars around the Channahon plant.

The far eastern end of the St. Maries River Railroad ends abruptly on a sweeping curve at Milltown, east of St. Maries, Idaho. This was once the main line of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extensi... (more)

Rows of retired PBNE swichers rust away in Saucon Yard. The Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad was the wholly owned shortline railroad of Bethlehem Steel. It operated in and around the ... (more)