Clean warbonnet BNSF Dash-9 No. 766 leads four former BN SD40-2s on a westbound freight passing through Bealville, California, on March 28, 2001.

After the L&N rebuilt famous W&A 4-4-0 No. 3, "The General," they proudly ran it over a portion of its railroad with refurbished "Jim Crow" combine car 665. After visiting end of the line at Nor... (more)

Even something as modern as a 100 ton steel hopper car has a shelf life. A member of Rio Grande's 'Great Steel Fleet' is marked for scrapping at UP's Provo Yard. The coal hauler was built by Bethl... (more)

Proudly displaying its 'Action Road' livery, Rio Grande caboose #01466 basks in the morning sun at Provo Yard. The 01466 was built by D&RGW forces at Burnham Shops (in Denver) back in March 1951. ... (more)

A UP westbound comes slowly off the Willcox Playa as the conductor heads back into the cab after checking his power.

Rock Island F2 49 apparently had to have a face make-over once upon a time, and not having any extra headlights, the shop forces sheet-metaled over the nose. This is NOT a photoshopped exercise!... (more)

Three EMD SD70Ms idle on a UP eastbound at Stockham. UP was so impressed with these units in testing that the railroad eventually bought hundreds of this model.

Slip-way Buczyniec is a only place in all over the world where is usable track to move ships and yachts in order to overcome the vertical distance between one canal and another.

San Francisco Bay Railroad #23 pulled the first cut of container cars loaded with support equipment for the 2012-13 America's Cup World Series sailboat races into Pier 80 during the media kick-off... (more)

Alco S2 #23 pulls a string of baretables across the Islais Creek Bridge in San Francisco after unloading at Pier 80. The cars carried containers and materials for the America's Cup race to be hel... (more)

Open Hearth
While other rail producers used the Bessemer Process to create the steel in their rails, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company would become one of the first rail mi... (more)

This photo was taken by the late Wiley M. Bryan, of Raleigh, NC. The train is a northbound on the pre-"High Line" grade of the Clinchfield, as it drops downgrade into Johnson City. Besides the two... (more)

This unit was painted up using talent, and not tagged. 5696 has a string of grain cars inhand while being unloaded. The MV Saginaw is taking on a load of grain. http://www.tbnewswatch.com/enter... (more)

One of the funkiest work trains I've ever witnessed takes a short break on the west pass at Provo Yard. The TOFC is a Rio Grande Motorway classic. Do you suppose that two EMD SD45s could handle th... (more)

More often than not, Q637 is a one-unit-wonder , and today is no exception. The lone GE in charge chugs past the C&O signals and grain elevator and Risingsun, struggling to maintain a decent clip... (more)