One of the rattier units on the UP roster leads the Torrance Local back to Los Angeles as they head out of the job's namesake City.

Some cars just sit around too much. This artwork decorates a large covered hopper car moving to a plastics plant in Chippewa Falls on Union Pacific. I'm no fan of graffiti art on modern railroads,... (more)

The "Zaugg" diesel snow blower Xrot mt # 95404 of the Rhaetian Railway for the Bernina line is turned by 180 degrees, by supporting itself on a ram on the track, lifting, rotating and lo... (more)

On October 13, 2014, open air observation car “Silver Cliff” is in the consist of the Cañon City & Royal Gorge passenger train that ventures along the Arkansas River through magnificent Royal... (more)

A Syrian Galloping Goose is rusting away in a small station on the line between Damas and Serghaya. From the informations that I could collect, it appears that this unusual vehicle is based on a 1... (more)

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14 and continue south on the River Sun as a double train set. The monste... (more)

SMASH!!! The B&O Railroad Museum staged a controlled crash between an automobile and train, complete with a demonstration by the Baltimore City Fire Department of extricating bodies from th... (more)

A very unique Ford Super Wagon van specially-equipped for railroad use sits at the San Luis & Rio Grande’s yard at Alamosa, Colorado, on August 12, 2007. This “rail van” is former Canadian N... (more)

The Clark County Fire Department greets Clinchfield 800 and C&O 2716 with a water salute as they approach Main Street in Downtown Winchester. Kudos again to the fine folks at CSX, the Kentucky Ste... (more)

This funny vehicle (in the USA a speeder, in Switzerland called "Draisine") Xmh # 4961 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) with cogwheel drive was built in 1945 for the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO... (more)

The quintessential "Little Engine That Could." With a full tender of coal and water, MWRC #9 chugs slowly past my camera position pushing its lone coach toward the boarding platform adjacen... (more)

Former Reading Railroad Alco FA-1 #301 sits outside Milepost Hobbies on the afternoon of May 22, 2019.

Three trains meet at the famous "Triple Crossing" in Richmond, Virginia: CSX coal train N89530 on the upper level (former Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad), CSX coal train T44230 on the midd... (more)

Quite funny-looking crocodile in Erstfeld. The locomotive Ce 6/8 II # 14253 of SBB Historic from Depot Erstfeld, which celebrates its 100th birthday this year, will receive a new colored dress in ... (more)

There are several cabs at Cresson Steel off of Norfolk Southern Dash 9s. The locomotives have been rebuilt with new cabs, leaving the old cabs to be scrapped.