Was used to move rockets at launch pad 26. I dream of Jeanie was filmed near here.

For MAERSK grand opening of a new facility located on Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles NS painted and sent to CA this special painted SD40-2 for ceremonies and photo ops shown sitting in... (more)

C&O battery powered electric locomotive No. 18742 rests between jobs at the Huntington Locomotive Shop. It was used to move locomotives undergoing repairs around the facility.

Brand New
A three pack of newly assembled TTX boxcars from the Gunderson Concarril plant in Mexico built in June of 2013 make what is most likely their first run into the Centennial S... (more)

Sitting under a night sky at Whittaker, a homemade creation; the Meadow River Lumber Company Skidder. Built in 1944, this skidder was used to pull logs up the mountain until 1966.

I finally decided to go see CSX's Sand Patch and when I see this coming I know it is going to be a slow day. A Shuttlewagon pushing two flatcars with lights and a cherry picker on them for tunnel ... (more)

Freshly rebuilt for commuter service with MBTA and waiting to be delivered; just visiting Amtrak on the way.

A relatively fresh rebuild and a GP9 are in charge of the Cobourg turn as they put on a bit of a smoke show while rolling by me at MP 152.

Second Chance
After a lengthy life on the railroad hauling the usual commodities of sugar, flour and starch, this beauty of a covered hopper built by General American in the mid-60s n... (more)

A lone SD40-2 is all that’s required to work a few customers east of downtown Pueblo as the Y-PUE201 is seen coming back into the yard running a respectable long hood forward.

Two of the magnificent exhibits of the "Railway Museum" (Saitama). On the left electrolocomotive ED75 775 (Bo'Bo', 67 tons) built by Toshiba in 1975 and in service till 2007. The ED75 were the fir... (more)

Once the companion of Alligators, this ex-SOU unit has a more mundane, ex-BN partner by this time. They have brought the daily train down to unload at the usual ambling gait. These old "Boats" m... (more)

This interesting set of Dupont equipment (with NS logos) is used to train fire departments on tank car/chemical safety. It was on CN in Proctor.

Schnabel Car with minor damage from a trestle side swipe. Train is stopped waiting for a UP inspection team to inspect the damage.