Phenol
A tank car loaded with the chemical sits in the transfer yard ready for pickup by NS. Phenol is used in the making of polycarbonate (PC) which in turn can be used to make comp... (more)

A worker at the GATX car facility in Bloomington, California (adjacent to the Southern Pacific's West Colton Classification Yard. It's a good thing he's wearing protective gear and clothing, as h... (more)

The Saugus Local has just finished its work and is about to pass the historic Saugus Cafe (just out of frame to the left) on its way back to GEMCO. The GP38-2/GP38AC combo are both leasers. Histor... (more)

This new GATX ultra-low emissions MP14B switcher has arisen anew from the ruins of an ex-CN SW1200RS.

GATX 1241,BN 2830,2768 are nearing the end of a Northtown-Superior run as they roll past Boylston. The GATX SD38-2's were ex Reserve Mining units that BN leased for a number of years. They normall... (more)

This critter stands guard on display in front of the GATX facility in Colton, California. It is a JLB2, built by Plymouth Locomotive (in Plymouth, OH) in March of 1930. It has been stuffed and mou... (more)

GMTX 2117 sits in the Denver UP yard along with UP 1205, UP 1422 and UP 1405 still wearing old Cotton Belt colors. UP Y629 is on the move in the background.

Montreal, QU-Selkirk, NY train 552 passes over the Mohawk with stacks for New Jersey.

Ex Soo 6357, nee MILW 191, starting to get the trademark SP grime.

This UP Local is tied down on a siding south of the UP yard at La Salle, CO. The crew went DOL the night before and could not make it back to the yard and secure their train as usual.

After just being refueled by a mobile truck at the UP Yard in La Salle, CO, GMTX 2120 and UP 1350 wait for a new crew to take this Local south on a switch job at various industries along the way.

Whoever said that railroading isn't as manpower intensive as it used to be has apparently never been to a derailment scene. What appears to be a CN employee is cutting the mangled rail from under ... (more)