Northern Pacific 26339.... Time standing still... On the Northwest side of Great Falls Montana sits a couple dozen railroad treasures. The yard consists mostly of late steam era 40 foot boxc... (more)

On the Northwest side of Great Falls Montana sits a couple dozen railroad treasures. NP17319 is a Northern Pacific boxcar built in May of 1941. The original herald can be seen starting to show th... (more)

Chessie System’s famous “sleeping kitten” logo still adorns the side of Chesapeake and Ohio 50-foot boxcar No. 21054—now being used by Iowa Interstate maintenance-of-way as storage at Atla... (more)

The sun helps emphasize a long-faded Burlington Route “Everywhere West” slogan on the side of Colorado and Southern 40-foot boxcar No. 1690 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden on August ... (more)

Happy Halloween
Even taggers can sometimes help the railroad get into the Halloween Spirit.

Rusting away...

Still resting on her side after being trucked from Wellsboro, PA as such, this Pennsy boxcar is destined to serve as a theater and storage space at the Railroad Museum of Long Island's Greenport l... (more)

The Overland Route Named the Harriman Shield in honor of E.H. Harriman who gained control of the railroad in 1897, this particular design first hit the rails in 1904 and then made a reappe... (more)

A 40-foot Rock Island boxcar, along with a a pair of 50-foot Santa Fe plug-door boxcars (one not visible located behind these two), ended up being pretty nice storage units for someone at Slapout... (more)

An eye-catching Godzilla design with boxcar in hand adds some color to the side of this Golden West Service freight car as it moves along with the rest of Q612.

Southern Pacific boxcar No. 661112 could still be seen in California Northern’s Napa Junction yard on March 13, 2006, complete with a peeling and rusting Car-Pac Loader logo on its side.

Known as “Rocky” by the Great Northern, this trademark mountain goat perched atop a rock would become the official trademark for that railroad in 1936. For much of its life Rocky would be enc... (more)

Union Pacific brought this interesting piece of equipment to SLO. This boxcar is a classroom designed to instruct emergency responders the appropriot way to handle potential incidents involving Oi... (more)

On a beautiful late spring evening in Chama Yard a timeless view of narrow gauge railroading illuminated by moonlight is a joy to behold.

A veteran Fruit Growers Express boxcar now finds itself storing miscellaneous yard materials instead of hauling fruit these days. While the paint scheme is still holding up fairly well, a new add... (more)