I was too young, and Rock Island was just out of reach, for me to have photographed the railroad in its last days. I sure wish I could have, but only saw bits and pieces of it as the years wore on... (more)

An outline of a missing logo on a weatherbeaten EMD E9A easily identifies it as a former Milwaukee Road locomotive as it lives out its final days on April 29, 1990. Yellow No. 38C was sitting on a... (more)

Five passenger car bodies await restoration next to San Luis & Rio Grande’s car shop in Alamosa, Colorado, on June 4, 2018. These are the same cars that sat in repose on a lot near the BNSF yard i... (more)

On May 22, 2014, two strings of Union Pacific EMD SD9043MACs are stored in the yard at Missouri Valley, Iowa, waiting out an uncertain fate.

A large string of EMD BNSF SD70MAC locomotives is still stored alongside BNSF’s yard between Donkey Creek and Rozet, Wyoming, on October 18, 2018.

San Luis & Rio Grande EMD SD9043MAC No. 115 sits stored at Alamosa, Colorado, on June 4, 2018. Apparently many of SL&RG’s locomotives are unserviceable, as they currently have three Union Pacific ... (more)

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) line car No. 3332 sits in the yard at Mattapan, Massachusetts, on September 12, 2003. This “double-end” car was built by Pullman-Standard in 1945 ... (more)

Two fairly rare Electro-Motive Division locomotives sit together at Western Rail Incorporated’s locomotive facility at Airway Heights west of Spokane, Washington, on September 19, 2015. The unique... (more)

On April 22, 2017, a long line of stored Union Pacific locomotives sits on the old main line (now bypassed with a new alignment) between Pantano and Benson, Arizona, which includes the Empirita ho... (more)

Three Union Pacific EMD GP30Bs are stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in May of 1984. Only 40 of these unique locomotives were built, all for UP. Middle locomotive No. 731B is one of 13 units equippe... (more)

Former Canadian National GMD F9B No. 6622 still hangs onto whats left of its heritage at Alamosa, Colorado, on August 31, 2013. Built in January 1957 for passenger service on CN, The unit went to ... (more)

Burlington Northern F7A No. 732—a former Northern Pacific locomotive—is one of six BN F units stored at Denver’s stockyards for a time in the mid-1980s.

Six Burlington Northern F units were stored at Denver’s stockyards for a time in the mid-1980s. BN F7 No. 732 is a former Northern Pacific locomotive.

A group of Burlington Northern locomotives are stored at Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 11, 1985. The string in the foreground is all-GE U28Bs and U30Bs, while behind is all-E... (more)

After Canadian National merged the Wisconsin Central in 2001, with the sale approved on September 7, 2001, some of WC’s locomotives soon found themselves gathering in storage lines. On November 12... (more)