Rolled at the U.S. Steel Gary Works in the 1940s, this 6 bolt joint bar does its job of keeping the 115 pound rail Gold Hill siding together as NS trains traverse it day and night

The sun rises through the clouds and over the former Western Railway of Alabama trackage as it signals the beginning of another day of train movement along the CSX mainline. Photo taken at a gr... (more)

The gentle curvature of a #15 turnout demonstrates how auto rack trains can enter into the lead tracks of the Kia assembly plant which at this time are void of any trains due to the annual Christm... (more)

What’s in a name?
A rather serendipitous placement of a weld between these two rails has added an extra “F” to the standard more)

Frog Foliage
A solitary colorful leaf sits comfortably in the throat of a No.10 self guarded frog as its presence makes one wonder when the last time a flanged wheel made it over this ... (more)

A section of panel track lies in a pile at the historic CSX Curtis Bay Yard in the highly industrialized South Baltimore.

Century Steel
Rolled way back in 1900 by the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this piece of 80 lb rail can certainly still hold its own as it has no trouble s... (more)

A nicely polished surface has been created from the hands of a recent cutting blade on this cross section of an otherwise rusty piece of more)

Compromise
When rails of two different sizes need to be joined, a compromise must be achieved - thus the compromise joint. This unique joint bar allows rail of different web thickness,... (more)

Flexible
With a pair of UP 6 axle units pulling slowly, another Continues Welded Rail (CWR) train full of 136lb Rocky Mountain Steel departs the city of Pueblo and shows off the spaghe... (more)

Rolled out 28 years ago and handling over 30 million gross tons a year if not more during her time span in service, this stretch of rail is the life line of the railway linking the Atlantic to the... (more)

Sweet Home Chicago….almost
Laying along the inactive former Missouri Pacific line to Pueblo, a pair if rails from a steel mill of the Midwest proudly display their branding and Dece... (more)

Progress is our middle name
No need to name this spring frog manufacturer as their name is cast onto the non-run... (more)

Six degrees of Steelton
A hexad of rails from the famous Bethlehem Steel rail mill in Steelton lay in unison off the CSX mainline in Notasulga at the railroad’s spare parts area as ... (more)

Tee Rail
The iconic cross-sectional profile of a rail is composed of three sections: starting from top to bottom they are the head, the web and finally the base of the rail. These are... (more)