SNIM (Mauritania) SD70ACs #CC-122 is the first of its kind produced early this year at Progress Rail in Muncie, IN. The SNIM unit now operates in the country of Mauritania in North Africa. You w... (more)
When United States Steel ceased movement of crude ore by rail at their Minntac iron ore mine in northeastern Minnesota they sold off their large fleet of locomotives. This DM&IR train was the larg... (more)
Painted nearly the same gray as the covered hoppers it switches, this Plymouth "critter" at the South Carolina Central's yard in Floyd, South Carolina, blended into the background. One would thin... (more)
This ex-MP unit carried its house on its back. Actually that is a rock deflection. And yes, there is a place called Big Rock, not nearly so famous as that aforementioned miniscule monolith.
The returning motive power from the southbound train is pulling up the short incline beside the engine house to spend the night. That ICG-inspired warning light grafted onto the ex-SP F is a true... (more)