Stop, Look & Listen
A surprising scene unfolds as M526 heads north through Opelika while a hi-railer quickly shuttles across the diamond before it. I’m sure this scene occurs at a... (more)

While trucks may bring it, railroads usually haul it. And they can haul all sorts of things like a brand new Boeing 737 fuselage as seen here. Only requiring the use of two specialty flush deck ... (more)

For some freight cars the end of the line is not necessarily the scrapper’s torch, but instead finding use somewhere else other than the railroad. This former Santa Fe covered hopper built in M... (more)

Hot Box
After being tagged by the XXB 152.0 defect detector, this tanker from Q602 was slowly taken to the house track at Milstead where it will wait for a replacement wheel set. Tha... (more)

Objects Are Closer Than They Appear
A local moron stares down the crew of the oncoming Q619 instead of watching his footing as he tests his luck at getting across the tracks ahead of ... (more)

Remote Control
Known as the RCP-C or “sled”, this former pulpwood flatcar has been modified to act as a remote control platform. With an electrical cabinet on the B-end and multi... (more)

An object in motion will stay in motion...
The holes in the nose of 2243 demonstrate Newton's 1st law of motion, an object in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by another for... (more)

A tank car rolls into one of the 56 classification tracks at a busy Norris Yard. Thanks to the Southern Railway Historical Association and NS for allowing us to tour their yard.

7847 has seen much better days and may have seen her last as a result of her inadvertent use to stop a runaway welded rail-train W019... (more)

Splish Splash
The weight of a passing boxcar creates some interesting water action under a joint on the mainline.

Nearly two decades have passed since the last freight train rumbled through this passage and polished the rails at the continental divide. Today the famous Tennessee Pass tunnel lies dormant with... (more)

The always versatile 89’4” flatcar can carry pretty much anything with only a few slight modifications. Whether it’s a Boeing ... (more)

Now that's what I call a Tank Car

When looking inside the cab of a Big Boy, one can see how challenging it must be to keep this beast of a steam engine running. The men who ran these monster steam locomotives were certainly a ski... (more)

When a freight car is built to haul heavier than normal loads such as this tank car carrying 297000 lbs of Vinyl acetate, a normal two axle truck will not do. Thus the distinctive three axle truc... (more)