Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

After getting a window to cross RF&P Sub, BB Z862 crosses the diamond at the former HN Cabin, still standing on the right. Today, this crossing is controlled by CSX remotely from Jacksonville.

Final Curtain

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, on the 23rd of March 2024. The final r... (more)

More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)

M301 heads south at Doswell in between a fleet of Amtrak trains on the RF&P Sub.

What appears to be NS 2133 sits in front of the former Manufacturer's Railway engine house adjacent to the Anheuser-Busch brewery in downtown St. Louis. I can tell you that NS 2133 is currently a... (more)

A Wide Variety at Westchester Yard. The NYC Subway is unusual among rapid transit systems in that it has a dedicated fleet of railbound maintenance equipment used by in-house forces to ... (more)

SU-99 power sits at Little Ferry with 4062 not lashed up. Post 10:23 earthquake.

Stashed away in Salem are a pair of ex Pennsy E8s, disguised in Delaware Lackawanna & Western livery. Taken with the kind permission of the property owner.

Just guessing, I'd say the C of G Es were off the SB Seminole while the IC unit is the NB Seminole or the City of Miami. I don't remember but it appears to be winter. That is a great old coaling... (more)

Double heritage units the NS 8099 Southern and the NS 1069 Virginian lead the southbound Office Car Special from Maryland into West Virginia over the Potomac River. The OCS will eventually take ex... (more)

Maybe a tad off topic, but by definition a "passenger train," The MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail debuted in 1995, operating between the MGM Grand and Bally's hotels (which had been the MGM G... (more)

Heading through the unloader.

What's the 411? Cemex/SWPC (SouthWest Portland Cement) SDP35 411 (ex-Seaboard Coast Line 1962, exx-SCL 612, née-Seaboard Air Line 1111, EMD, 9/1964) sits at the Victorville, California fac... (more)

CSX's Family Lines heritage unit works the rear of B63102 as the distributed power unit in Manchester, Georgia