One look at the front end of a Loram Railvac unit lets one know that this was an engineer's dream to design. It looks like a cross between a MAD MAX and a Dr. Seuss creation.

President George H.W. Bush waves from the rear car of “The Spirit of America” express during his re-election efforts on Halloween 1992. The impressive 19-car “whistle stop” train trip thro... (more)

On Halloween 1992, George H.W. Bush made a last-ditch effort for re-election in the 1992 Presidential campaign against Bill Clinton with a train trip through the Wisconsin countryside. The Preside... (more)

The Jordan spreader crew is spending the day clearing snow in St. Luc Yard. The 2400 H.P. of the Trainmaster is more than enough to get the job done. The Trainmasters usually were assigned to tr... (more)

Workers inside Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, break down the components of a the freight car truck from Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490348 prior to rebuilding on S... (more)

Inside Union Pacific’s De Soto car shop in Missouri, a 5-ton overhead gantry crane is used to break down the components of a freight car truck prior to rebuilding on September 28, 2011.

In 2015 I managed the employee store holiday sale. We used the 85999 and 10020, and here they were in place and ready for the day ahead.

With 1223 the only one that ever sees any kind of local regular duty these days, a five-pack of iron ore dust colored ex-Reserve Mining fleet of SD9s is still hanging on in the U.P. of Michigan at... (more)

Cabooses are Acceptable

What the sign lacks in spelling and grammar is more than made up for in meaning and intensity. I wonder where he got that guard rail!

After an absence of over 60 years, streetcars have returned to the streets of Milwaukee. Beginning with its first run on November 2, 2018, a 2.1-mile route from Milwaukee’s Intermodal Station th... (more)

A young boy, enjoying the “fire pole” in the middle of the car, and his mom wait for a brand new “The Hop” streetcar to depart Burns Commons stop at the Lower East Side of Milwaukee, Wisco... (more)

A streetcar curves off of W. St. Paul Avenue and heads onto Vel R. Phillips Avenue (N. 4th Street) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 12, 2018. After an absence of over 60 years, streetcars have... (more)

Chicago Transit Authority car No. 3450 is clattering across the diamonds on the elevated “L” rapid transit railway above Lake and Wells Street on November 8, 2018. This junction is still consi... (more)

Passenger Service to Allentown, Pennsylvania?

A special move of a train of George Hart’s ex-reading passenger cars arrives in the former CNJ yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I d... (more)

Putting the “motor” in Tunnel Motor! GEXR 3806 is seen through the lower air intakes of no. 3054, an ex-Cotton Belt EMD SD45T-2.