A quick lesson in ALCO C-415s American Locomotive Company's C-415 roadswitchers were offered with several variations, the most noticeable were the cab heights: Southern Pacific ... (more)
This morning a number of BNSF cars derailed in the Denver Yard, falling off a bridge and into the South Platte River. The cars were empty hoppers and center beam cars so there were no issues with... (more)
After being picked up in Solvay by Finger Lakes train GS-2, AEAX 2003 (ex All Earth Rail RDC1) brings up the rear of the train as it passes another RDC stored in Martisco, NY. Finger Lakes has lea... (more)
Milwaukee Road 5056 sits along the Milwaukee, WI harbor awaiting an uncertain future in November 1991. The U25B was built in July 1965, in the later carbody style that featured a split windshield ... (more)
IC 3719, a 2-6-0, undergoes a cosmetic restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Going going...gone.
No injuries to driver or train crew; which is good, because I know the engineer personally. Glad you're ok ZM... At 10:54 CST, the H-TEAEGW 1-03A inadvertently struck a disabled three axle semi... (more)
A couple former Southern B23-7's say hello to each other in Crab Orchard, TN. The FIMX 4021 is much better off than the 3999, as the latter is now used as a parts source to keep the Lhoist North A... (more)
The massive overhead crane inside the Backshop at Union Pacific’s Burnham Shops in Denver, Colorado, easily lifts the old 4,400 hp 7FDL16 prime mover out of UP GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5687 during an... (more)
A privately owned collection of Milwaukee Road bay window cabooses look more like a caboose cemetery than a display in Prairie Du Chien. The group includes both flat side and horizontal ribbed exa... (more)
The electric locomotive here called "V8", is a very similar version of the American GE EP-4. Used in passenger and cargo train services since the 1940s to 1948, they were "retired&q... (more)
Last opportunity to stop the loose wagons, they were directed to the locomotive shed ( newspaper note).