It's always nice to see an old friend! While exploring Iowa Interstate's engine facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, finding an old Northern Pacific box car was a pleasant surprise ... even i... (more)

E8 shell wasting away at the Steam Shop turntable, presumable used for parts for the working heritage fleet E9s. The cab was in relatively good shape. However, the same cannot be said for the prim... (more)

Built in 1910 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, this Industrial Works steam crane arrived at Strasburg in 1971 and sits on a spur by restoration shops.

Would it not be awesome to see it in action... (more)

IN LOVE . . . with abandoned railroads? As I explained in photo no. 435007, the "sulphite bridge" in Franklin, New Hamp... (more)

This is what happens when rails are subjected to intense heat. The "sulphite bridge" in Franklin, New Hampshire, is a wooden covered bridge structure typical to New England. It was built in 1896... (more)

As the Stones used to sing, "Just a Memory"... Little Alco served the Clark Elkhorn Loadout for years, only to be scrapped during the recent renovation for LDH Energy's new loadout located near Mi... (more)

Once the land of Reading Camelbacks and at one time, a proposed route from Philadelphia to New York, SEPTA's ex-Reading line to Newtown sits dormant awaiting fate.

Both the Churchville station ... (more)

A unit oil train is framed through the empty window of an abandoned Sinclair gas station along old U.S. 30 through James Town near Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of March 12, 2012. Sunset ... (more)

Most say there's not a snowball's chance in hell of SEPTA restoring service to the Newtown branch. Well - here's some snow to get things moving along!

A group has been formed (called more)

Nevada Northern Rotary B. One of the most interesting pieces in the collection of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, and one that is rarely photographed, is Rotary Snow Plow "B". She rare... (more)

After a 2.5 mile hike up the tracks from Hampton, we reach the first bridge over the Doe River in the Gorge. Barely visible through the trees is the darkness of tunnel #4 across the river. Needles... (more)

A faded Dakota Rail F7 (ex-Milwaukee Road) rests at the end of a former BN branch line (now abandoned).

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expect to see Santa Fe hoppers that at first glance appeared to b... (more)

This old industrial loco sat in the weeds for years just West of the Erman Corp Scrap Yard, not sure of it's fate but it was gone within a year of this shot.