Cradle-to-Cradle: After decades of service to the KCS Railway, this 75-year old EMD NW2 now wears the colors of the Vulcan Materials Company. Here it sits with GMTX 96 (Ex-BN and BNSF) as they awa... (more)

This locomotive was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Union Pacific SD24B 438B in September 1959. Retired by the UP in October 1977, this cabless locomotive was purchased by Prec... (more)

Island Living

Situated in the middle of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Neville Island is the home of the Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley Railroad as well as several heavy industries that... (more)

"Vulcan Materials U23B at Annapolis Junction" Vulcan Materials GE U23B #2779 basks in the sun at the company's Annapolis Junction facility in Maryland. 2779 was built for the Leh... (more)

A trackmobile shuffles cars around at the East Memphis Vulcan Rail Yard.

A new Vulcan rebuilt GP-9 waits in Easley to go to its new home. Loco was rebuilt at the CLCX shops in Pickens, SC, and the Pickens RR brought it to Easley for Norfolk Southern to transport.

Vulcan Materials S2 3 works the company's quarry in Hanover, Pennsylvania. This unit's heritage is unclear, but it appears to be a former South Buffalo engine. Curiously, the numberboard on the ... (more)

A locomotive and the industry it served.

What’s in a name?
A rather serendipitous placement of a weld between these two rails has added an extra “F” to the standard more)

Vulcan Materials 302 working at Greystone, NC

A GE 44 tonner sits among some dirty packed snow while a GT transfer train runs through the Vulcan Materials plant on the IHB.

A Plymouth switcher sits on rails almost completely buried by dirt. I don't know what that big contraption does on the left, but it sure makes a lot of noise.

It is early morning, but for the engine it is dusk ...

This venerable U23B, ex-CR, ex-LV 503 (ex-Wimpey, ex-Tarmac), works the unloading track on one of its final days; I was told that it... (more)

A GE 44 tonner is being used by the Vulcan Material company to switch out offset hoppers. A pair of Conrail GP40-2's run a transfer freight over the IHB.