IC 2-6-0 3039 sits at the back of the line of steam engines at IRM. This engine definitely needs some work!

One GE B-B dubbed Mini-Saia, these locomotives were entirely built in Brazil in 1967 to the metric gauge of the EFS(Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana), in total 30 units were built, in 1971 the EFS was ... (more)

malabar locomotive that fell and rolled..

In 1953 the comapny CP(Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro) purchased 3 units of this locomotive(contrary to what many think, that locomotives came new to Brazil and never runned in the USA) t... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

On mothers day the former C&O, and CSX signal bridge at Lee Hall is reunited on the ground after it was removed from service. It took only an hour and a half, with two trains complicating things,... (more)

Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1914, this Baltic, 4-6-4 tank steam locomotive will see its' 100th year in September. 47 is one of three such steamers and the only one in the United States.... (more)

Former N&W, how did I guess? There's a rumor these are no longer on the property but I haven't seen them pop up anywhere else.

Yes it runs and runs well. They never were a slave to fashion. I've heard stories of railfans who volunteered to paint them and were rebuffed. Image problem? Actually the folks there are very ... (more)

This is most of the resplendent roster of this now moribund railroad. Believe it or not inside they are in pretty good condition but the owner says they run just as well without paint. The railr... (more)

A rare view (taken with permission) of Great Northern's former ore dock No. 1 in the Allouez neighborhood of Superior. This dock, last used in 1988, loaded the great lakes vessel Edmund Fitzgerald... (more)

When BN severed its former GN ore dock complex from rail access in the mid-1980s it left a self propelled American crane on top of Dock 2 in order to facilitate the repair of dock chutes that line... (more)

One of the famous "Lost Engines of Roanoke" has been rescued and sets awaiting better days. There is the rumor that one of the prime movers on this unit or its sister could be restored to operate... (more)

One of the famous "Lost Engines of Roanoke" has been rescued and sets awaiting better days. There is the rumor that one of the prime movers on this unit or its sister could be restored to operate... (more)

Well hidden near a grain elevator at Galt, Illinois, are the remains of Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 8305, which last saw service as Northwestern Steel & Wire 05 in nearby Sterling. Her future is un... (more)