Gloomy skies add a fitting touch to the few remaining work horses of a by-gone era as they await their turn for the scrapper.

Here is another catch of an eastbound hopper train navigating the tunnel district on the former LA&SL, now Union Pacific's Caliente Sub. After passing through Rainbow Canyon and the Meadow Valley ... (more)

On a somber winter's day a passenger train with power as yet unrepainted crosses the barren landscape. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Located at CSX’s Coal Terminal in Baltimore, these unique GP39 Mother/Slug pairs shuffle coal cars through the unloading barns where the coal is transferred to ship for export. They wear CSX yel... (more)

Norfolk Western, N&W 2514-4119-538-1382 and a P&WV caboose in tow are running light west on the ex-P&WV out of Connellsville PA. They are crossing over the B&O Keystone sub, the Youghiogheny River... (more)

Z Chicago-Portland train derailed approximately 15 cars east of Big Lake MN around 0315. Both RJ Corman and Hulcher are on scene working to clear both mains. Amtrak's eastbound and westbound Emp... (more)

"Totaled at Toelles"

On October 19th, 2024, Amtrak Phase III Heritage P42DC 145 sits on the rear of southbound Hartford Line Shuttle Train 417 as crews work to clear a total... (more)

201's train pulls through the siding at Canmore.

B495 heads into the plant at Carmeuse with a recent SD70MAC rebuild leading and a nice sunset in the background.

Overview of Rebuilding. The more than 130 year-old Park Avenue Viaduct around the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125 Street Station in New York, New York, is undergoing a multi-year rebuil... (more)

Details are still a little sketchy, but on Monday, 12/23/24, Union Pacific ore train OUTS1 (Iron Springs, UT (near Cedar City) to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor) ran through a red signal at Con... (more)

To go with our first snowfall of the year in SE Wisconsin, here is a shot of CNW 8546 leading a train thru St. Francis, WI on CNW's New Line in December of 1994. A little hoarfrost in the trees ad... (more)

"Family Day" at CSX's Tilford Yard in Atlanta, Georgia, resembled a county fair. They had all sorts of carnival-type rides, a petting zoo, food trucks, games, a locomotive simulator, alo... (more)

Back in 1978 Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt four GE U25B's with Sulzer prime movers. They gave it a nice flashy daylight type paint scheme never to be repeated. The horsepower was uprated to 2800 and th... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad, STMA 101 & 103 crossing the Lake Benewah Bridge near Ramsdell, ID with a train of 15 carloads of finished lumber and plywood on August 2, 2019. The carloads were 10 cars... (more)