In 2022 this crane was in front of the Arizona and California Railroad's depot in Parker, AZ. Sadly, the depot was torn down last year but I'm not sure if the crane is still there or not.

The Iowa Northern ran a CN turnout out of Butler to deliver a bunch of cars for the CN. The crew now picks up the few cars the CN had ready for them. Rare sight at Waterloo today as tons of power ... (more)

Memories of Former Glory. The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America's Centennial unit poses with the recently repainted Santa Fe 537 during a night shoot.

It's a cloudy Saturday morning with fog still hanging tough on the mountains of northeast Alabama and this ATN Grain Train has just come to an unexpected stop less than a mile from their destinati... (more)

Work continues on the Baltimore Belt Line as CSX clears the route for doublestacks. All that remains of the interlocking at Huntingdon Avenue is the signal cabinet.

On March 15, 1969, GN F7A 309C leads an F7B, a GP9 and another F7A with more then 200 ore cars, totaling around 15,000 net tons of taconite pellets into Minneapolis. The Great Northern usuall... (more)

'Round the Outside. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R77 locomotive 889 (GE SL50) is seen hauling a work train around the loop at Corona Yard. Also of interest are the multiple R... (more)

Westbound at Glendale California with thirty cars. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Painted Sky Over Bunch | Blues, oranges, and pinks cast a brilliant glow in the sky above the community of Bunch, OK where a southbound CPKC coal train cruises through the valley between th... (more)

Savannah & Atlanta 2715 is on display at the George State Railroad Museum in Savannah, Georgia. It was the last of 11 GP35’s bought by the Southern Railway with full S&A lettering in December 19... (more)

I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

D&H RS-3s on the Adirondack Branch: In 2025, it doesn't get much better than a pair of original D&H RS-3s in D&H paint on the former D&H Adirondack Branch -- especially when the location is... (more)

The Thomas Hill Sub is a 17-mile-long branch off the Brookfield Sub in northern Missouri. The branch serves as a connection for coal trains coming and going from the Associated Energy Cooperativeâ... (more)