Tonnage moves past the old order board at the J'ville depot, including a rack of fresh Chevy vans from the nearby GM plant. Perhaps they inspired recording artist Sammy Johns 6 years later to sin... (more)

CNW train #483, just underway out of the South Janesville yard westbound for the Twin Cities, reveals this high cube Cotton Belt/SP boxcar behind a pair of open tri-levels chocked full of Chevy No... (more)

This is a classic of East Texas engineering, check those weld lines. There is a prototype for almost everything.

Using a borrowed unit this little operation goes to work on the railroad that is remains of an interurban operation. I believe the caboose is ex-ATSF. Here the brakeman races to get the switch a... (more)

I not sure this was called a "shoving platform" yet. Speaking of shoving......

All dressed up and no place to go, literally. CRR had the nice habit of paintin' em up real purdy and auctioning them off to the public. Where has all the class gone?

This is one I wish I had seen on a train. I believe it was originally Monon and gave from L&N. What happened to the original 1065?

The last go around for the caboose on Family Lines, you can smell the fresh paint (I'll take the risk and breath deeply).

Shorn of its cupola this Santa Fe-style caboose is ending it's days in M of W service. I believe this was a one-of-a-kind on CRR. Incidentally the cast aluminum steps were apparently unique as w... (more)

The Southern Pacific Santa Monica Branch (fka Santa Monica Airline) had been abandoned for ten years already, but most of the rail through town was still in place when art galleries opened in the ... (more)

Paired up with a GN streamliner that is receiving some attention, the former GN X71 sits on a siding at the depot on the last operating weekend of the year for the OSCV...

There are a lot of windows to close after a summer's day on the Connecticut Valley Railroad. This 1914 Pullman coach originally belonged to the Delaware Lackawanna & Western railroad.

Conrail's "First Rock" pushes east at the CNJ depot. The ex CNJ cabin is class Conrail N4B. The GEEP is ex New York Central. The First Rock was in service around 8am in Raritan yard, shook out i... (more)

The skytop lounge brings up the rear of the CP 2816 steam special as it backs out of Chicago Union Station.

Standing on the rear platform of the caboose, the brakeman is going to be enjoying a beautiful sunrise in a few minutes. PM 1225 is hustling a northbound freight past Smith Rd.