Living history. WW&F Engineer Robert "Bullet Bob" Longo poses with Engine #9 at the conclusion of the museum's March, 2016 photo excursion. The folks at the WW&F Museum take gre... (more)

The Newest Addition to the PIR's Collection of Moribund Rolling Stock - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] - Congratulations are in order on a job well done for the Pacific Imperial Railroad'... (more)

Butler, we have a problem..... A train bound for the C&NW's terminal in Butler, WI, is on the ground in Saint Francis near the junction of the New Line and the Old Line. The snow plow on the SD60 ... (more)

A trackmobile operated by Lake Superior Warehousing has positioned heavy duty flat cars for loading of dimensional loads at Duluth's Port Terminal. The vessel Fairlift brought eight large pieces b... (more)

The crown jewel. Safely tucked away in Bay 1 of the Sheepscot Shop Building is the crown jewel in the WW&F Museum's collection: Locomotive #9. An 1891 product of Maine's Portland Company,... (more)

The last car of the first cut of a 60-car unit coal train of higher sulphur coal destined for the Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee, is just about finished loading at Red River Coal's prep ... (more)

The midwest woke up to a windy April 2nd, with 50mph wind gusts across the Mississippi River valley. Western Illinois University's fence next to the former Rock Island mainline couldn't take the 5... (more)

The only yellow remaining on GLC 393 is under the conductor, and the unveiling of the "Ferry in the Fog" scheme that was originally applied when it was owned by Ann Arbor. In a few short... (more)

The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday finds an odd sight along the tracks. With no crossings anywhere near here, a car managed to find its way onto the tracks from the parking lot above after being s... (more)

Two Montana Rail Link EMD GP9s wait for a work assignment at Missoula, Montana, on September 24, 2006. Both are former Northern Pacific locomotives built in 1957, and are right at home on the MRLâ... (more)

Due to 50mph winds, IAIS's mainline was shut down due to a fence and power lines falling on the main. IAIS 505 pulled right up to the fence which made for perfect pictures!

The afternoon of March 31st has turned rather dreary although it doesn't dampen the spirits of CSX Y104's "cool crew" which is seen after cutting off their transfer cut on the south end of NS's In... (more)

An EMD SD70MAC (4775) and a GE ES40DC (5493) sit waiting for their turn at the Bostic Yard in Bostic, NC.

TRT-909 is a Track Renewal Train that can simultaneously replace both rails along with removing and replacing ties. It can install wood, concrete (as seen here), or steel ties while pulling and re... (more)

Working slowly toward Radium, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is TRT-909 on August 6, 2009. TRT-909 is a Track Renewal Train that can simultaneously replace both rails alo... (more)