On my way home from South Dakota I spotted a headlight in the distance. As we approached the headlight stopped and there was a cloud of dust. Reaching the location, we discovered that the train ... (more)

The lines formerly operated by Dakota Southern are now being operated by WATCO's Ringneck & Western, meaning that the Dakota Southern equipment has to be removed. A former Missouri Pacific Jordan... (more)

Visions of the ferroequine zombie apocalypse. Pre -Corman “streaks of rust” through some stuff they were scrapping after years of neglect.

Union Pacific DDA40X has long been a parts source for the Dakota Southern Railway. It is rumored to be heading to a rail museum in Nebraska. WATCO's Ringneck & Western is the new operator of the... (more)

Canadian National 4-6-4T No. 47 sits on display at Steamtown - she's been here, neglected, quite some time. Through the years... more pics Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4T
Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: CN 47
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 06, 2015

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad caboose No. 53

This caboose was part of the original collection from F. Nelson Blount in VT. The cupola is located elsewhere in the yard. The railr... (more)

How often do you see something like this? Four wooden stock cars of Northern Pacific and CB&Q heritage form an interesting display at "1880 Town," a roadside attraction near Murdo, Sout... (more)

D3 638 languishes at Ballarat East in 2008. This steam locomotive was on display for many years at Rosebud Picnic Park foreshore.

Shortline Algiers Winslow and Western Alco S 4 number 2 rests outside the railroads engine house in the fall of 1978. Showing signs of a Mishap in the past but very much intact

NS 6220 with lots of wreck damage sits in Rose Yard. To be repaired...eventually.

CP "Jubilee" #2929, a rare 4-4-4, (one of only two in existence), sits slowly rusting away at Steamtown, having not yet made the list of engines to have its asbestos removed along with new boiler ... (more)

After being damaged during a derailment in Atlanta, GA, NS 6220 arrives in Altoona for repairs. The SD33ECO is a rebuilt EMD.

The Hartwell Railroad's out of service former Bessemer & Lake Eire SD7 sits overgrown in weeds in Airline, GA.

In the shadow of the I-64 (US 40) Vandventer overpass is the former Wabash roundhouse and turntable, now on BiState's MetroLink property. On Monday, Taylor Excavating lifted the 100 foot turntabl... (more)