A short remnant of the meter-gauge Ferrocarril Transandino, which once ran over the Andes between Chile and Argentina, lives on under FEPASA. Although the steeper rack-and-pinion segments further ... (more)
Southern Pacific 2-6-0 No. 1744 leads Deer Creek Scenic's Santa Claus Express through an icy landscape at Deer Creek Dam near Wallsburg. The 1744 was built by Baldwin for the SP in November 1901.
Silence in the desert At sunset, the rails at Thompson Hill are silent. An eastbound coal train is entering Thompson siding for a meet a couple miles away. Another coal train is slithe... (more)
On the Kersey Branch in East La Salle, Local 7 pauses for a few minutes after tieing down the cut of cars they shoved back from the UP Main onto the branch next to an old farm shed.