Seattle's skyline, as seen from across Elliott Bay. A tug boat pulls a barge with rail cars upon it – bulkhead flats with lumber and at least one wood chip car – a not uncommon sight in these ... (more)

Led by the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive, a westbound 'grainifest' sails down grade through the heart of Palisade Canyon on the former eSPee mainline. Near the center of the photo is the 'f... (more)

The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America held its annual "Walk Amongst Giants" fundraiser on June 29, 2024. The fundraiser allows visitors to go inside the former Rock Island steam sh... (more)

Minutes before the bottom was about to fallout, the power of CSX M502-04 (Nashville,TN-Chicago,IL) is making its way down to the drill out of the yard trk-C06 to pick up its short train out of Yar... (more)

Rolling eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision is a BNSF manifest freight passing through a wintery landscape at the edge of the Clark Fork and a frozen Frog Pond as it approaches T... (more)

All lettering covered. Carrying export locomotives with trucks on heavy duty flatcars this high and wide was probably destined for Norfolk. As yet unable to determine where the locomotives are b... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station bald PRR 4248 with 4268 leading train 22 The Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on July 20, 1967. Photographer Al Holtz, from my collection.

Bandits
After a bankruptcy and long wait for a savior through merger, Milwaukee Road’s physical plant was not the best. This included the weathered paint on its locomotives. New owner ... (more)

L&N/Family Lines System C30-7 #7067, which has been cosmetically restored is seen sitting alongside Norfolk & Western (former NS) SD40-2 #6162 at Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in Ravenna, KY... (more)

Constructed in 1976 by the Daniels Company, the Sprouse Creek loadout is seen with a former Southern EMD GP30 in the foreground after undergoing scrapping. This engine has been landlocked here for... (more)

UP Y549 (ex-C&NW 4404) is back on home rails as it switches the scrapyard in Racine, WI. in April of 2014. The S.C. Johnson Research Tower, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, looms in the background.... (more)

Train 463 with locomotives 476 and 473 pauses for water at the new Needleton Tank. However, the old wooden tank is still standing and visible midway through the train.

Recently acquired NS 3983 ex CEFX 1016 sits waiting for service. It will eventually get rebuilt into an AC44C6M

The ACWR "Locomotive Bar" entrance at Pinehurst. The staff of the ACWR really did a great job on this thing, certainly a unique set up.

Rapid Development Z CHIDEN3 09 with BNSF 3971 moving with speed restrictions over high wind warnings near MP.500 with supercell V3 with 1” radar indicated hail tracking ESE at 24kts wa... (more)