Hudson Terminal Railroad's 75-year-old S1 moves a cut of oil cans just after sunrise.

Metra 157 pushes a inbound under the pedestrian bridge at Hubbard Woods. This bridge is seen in a clip from the movie Home Alone.

I always wanted to photograph one of these F40M-2s as soon as I saw photos of one as they were delivered to the Canadian American Railroad, an Iron Roads shortline whose hard luck story was just a... (more)

D&H Baldwin RF16 Shark # 1205 sits outside the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern railways shop with its paint fading fast. They looked sharp when in service on the D&H. too bad this is not in ... (more)

North Shore Scenic's Duluth Zephyr passing by Fitgers brewery complex along Lake Superior.

The Beer Railroad: Digging through old photos, it seems that in my youth, I spent lots of time at the "Manny", which was owned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery in South St. Louis. MRS was a ne... (more)

The "other" 844 leads their train & empty speeders back to the depot after the second run of the day.

The Great Lakes Central's OSTN rolls over a swollen Shiawassee River in Vernon, Michigan behind a trio of EMD's on a dreary October afternoon. GLC utilizes trackage rights over the HESR to get fro... (more)

Beavers in the Desert A westbound trainload of Minnesota grain for the Central Valley storms out of Warren, California. The CP motors are no stranger to mountain grades but look a bit ou... (more)

BYOB
Sleeping Car No. 470 was built by the Pullman Company in Detroit in 1889 as a 12-section tourist sleeper (third class) for use on the three-foot gauge Denver & Rio Grande. The car w... (more)

Narrow gauge sleeping car
Sleeping Car No. 470 was built by Pullman Company in Detroit in 1889 as a 12-section tourist sleeper (third class) for use on the Denver & Rio Grande. The car w... (more)

The Beer Railroad: Digging through old photos, it seems that in my youth, I spent lots of time at the "Manny", which was owned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery in South St. Louis. MR... (more)

Wisconsin Lite Rail Rule G violation? This Davenport 35-tonner is on display at a liquor store in northeast Wisconsin. No frame number visible so I'm not sure who originally owned this &q... (more)

Soo Line caboose 132 trails a southbound freight at the crest of Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1987. Tucked in ahead of the caboose is Soo Line GP30 720, which was retired in 1985 and may... (more)

Yale Bowl Car. Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co. 355 (15 bench open car, J.G. Brill, 1902) sits by the Visitors Center at the Connecticut Trolley Museum on the night of Friday, December 1... (more)