The beat up caboose and the new hoppers at the tail end of the Pointe St-Charles switcher provide quite a difference in appearance as they enter the yard with grain empties.

Photog unknown....from my collection.

The helpers on a Utility Fuels (UFIX) coal train in Palmer Lake, Colorado have uncoupled from the train and pushed the caboose back on the main. The brakeman waits to throw the switch for the help... (more)

What Do Subway Cars Eat?. The Shore Line Trolley Museum's former Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA New York City Transit subway car R-17 6688 (St. Louis Car Company, 1955-56) depa... (more)

This was the moment that the California Zephyr led by Amtrak engine 19 (P42DC) blasted through a four foot snow drift during the massive March 14th Snowmageddon snowstorm. The explosion of snow c... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight train treads the long, elevated viaduct approach for MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River at East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1984. Powering the tr... (more)

IC 1003 works the south end of Joliet Yard on a nice early fall day.

AVR05 departs Norfolk Southern's Island Avenue Yard for the second time of the day after suffering EOT issues. Leading is a new to the railroad CLXX 6001 as they enter the trench headed back for h... (more)

A Brown Line train headed into the loop crosses the Chicago River above Wells Street.

Grinstien Heritage at Coors

Reflecting on the days work an Ex-executive Big Mac leads the Golden Switch on a cold November Wednesday morning. Ice and sitting water beckon... (more)

A recreation of the past provides a glimpse of the future. In October 2020, Lerro Photography hosted a photography event at the East Broad Top Railroad. In this staged scene, reenactors depict r... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific (subsidiary St. Louis Southwestern, more commonly known as the Cotton Belt) freight train crosses the massive Thebes Bridge over the Mississippi River jointly owned w... (more)

IC 1011 and 1010 lead the CN-NS transfer RJY-30 back to Harrison Yard from the NS still in original paint. Who knows how much longer these units will be in service, but it's nice to see them lead... (more)

A Kansas City Southern freight rolls northbound south of Guadalupe, Texas, on Union Pacific’s Cuero Subdivision between Victoria and Placedo on March 13, 2013. KCS is better known for its splashy ... (more)

My father took this picture of J 601 sitting near the lubritorium with his old Voigtländer roll film camera. J 601 was posed with J 600 in an official N&W picture as they both celebrated two milli... (more)