This was the result of a broken rail - the chip cars were not very rugged and usually did not survive a derailment. For some reason the woodchips caught fire - likely from the torches used to cut... (more)

Something must have happened on the High Line as two Geeps pushes work train up north.

The eastbound W&W "Sandman" was easing around the curve at Indian Hollow, VA on April 21, 1980, looking out for cattle and automobiles. The first few years after Unicil (now Unimin) bought the W&... (more)

This are nice-looking cabooses, and still in proper use. Too bad about the graffito, even if it is "Chicago's own."

Part of the same group of locomotives built for Russia but were embargoed and ended up on the Milwaukee and here on the South Shore. It is my understanding these were not referred to as "Little Jo... (more)

In 1980 B&O SW1 8413 & 8414 were assigned to C&O's Dean yard to switch DOW Chemical's power plant.