Alone, unloved and unwanted. Gen. Douglas MacArthur once said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." That pretty well describes what's happening with this old gal. You are lo... (more)

CN's Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) consist idles west of the Walker Yard Diesel Shops in snowy Edmonton, AB. Since being put into service, the units have been captive between Edmonton and Fort McMur... (more)

A classic "hotbox" on a loaded ore car that was caught by a detector. The train is stopped and the crew will place this quad on the set-out track near the Saginaw depot. Journal oil fires are just... (more)

A rebuilt 3000-hp prime mover has just been lowered into B&LE 907 as it moves through the rebuild process at the DM&IR's shop complex. The light green primer gives the locomotive an odd glow but s... (more)

Canadian Pacific #2207 GP20C-ECO shines brightly in the afternoon sun as it poses for its first photos. The 2207 is part of a 30-unit order being produced in Muncie by Progress Rail. This grea... (more)

Light Duty... The remains of ICE 213 sit hanging off the tail end of a stub end track near the locomotive facility in Huron, SD, while other ICE and CEFX units are seen casually awaiting as... (more)

An ore car that will be 60 years old next year is still earning its keep for CN.

Cab interior of Tooele Valley Railroad 2-8-0 No. 11. The locomotive was built by Alco's Brooks works in 1910 as Buffalo & Susquehanna No. 169, but was never delivered. It was resold and became T... (more)

One of ten 125-ton, 3,200 hp GE electrics built for the Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper, No. 402 is exhibited at the Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum near Tooele along with ore car 880 and ... (more)

A couple of the old Southern Pacific Rotaries can still be seen lingering around Union Pacific's J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, California. These snow removal beasts are still used in extreme circu... (more)

A cut of heavy-duty Department of Defense flatcars loaded with M1 Abrams tanks are on an eastbound Santa Fe (early BNSF) freight curving through Crozier Canyon near Valentine, Arizona, on the afte... (more)

The B&O #25 - the "William Mason" is America's oldest operational steam engine. She is seen here under steam at the &O Railroad Museum on a beautiful Fall day making short solo runs by the Museum... (more)

A Sperry Rail Service defect detector car takes a breather on a snowy March 1977 afternoon in Rio Grande's Roper Yard. SRS 144 features a CAT diesel motor, a full kitchen, and sleeping quarters fo... (more)

B&O #600, a rare 2-6-0 built by the B&O Mount Clare Shops in 1875 sits in the B&O Railroad Museum's own back shop awaiting an unexpected restoration after a roof collapse in 2003 damaged this beau... (more)