It isn't often that you find equipment freshly painted in BN's Cascade Green scheme. This box car looks sharp on display at Bandana Square, a former NP shop complex now used for offices, a hotel a... (more)

Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1914, this Baltic, 4-6-4 tank steam locomotive will see its' 100th year in September. 47 is one of three such steamers and the only one in the United States.... (more)

Yes it runs and runs well. They never were a slave to fashion. I've heard stories of railfans who volunteered to paint them and were rebuffed. Image problem? Actually the folks there are very ... (more)

This is most of the resplendent roster of this now moribund railroad. Believe it or not inside they are in pretty good condition but the owner says they run just as well without paint. The railr... (more)

One of the famous "Lost Engines of Roanoke" has been rescued and sets awaiting better days. There is the rumor that one of the prime movers on this unit or its sister could be restored to operate... (more)

Well hidden near a grain elevator at Galt, Illinois, are the remains of Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 8305, which last saw service as Northwestern Steel & Wire 05 in nearby Sterling. Her future is un... (more)

KYLE 2037 sits alone on one of the shop leads in Roseville

Here's a throwback shot, A&WP GP40 729 working the old connection between the SCL and A&WP which ran right through downtown Union City, The Union City municipal complex now occupies this area. Eve... (more)

The sun came out just long enough to get a picture of one of the two GG1's stored and rotting away at Cooperstown Jct. NY.

CNW 413 had a long career after retirement. Sold to RTA in in 1978 it was used in Chicago area commuter service until early 1985, then sold to Naporano Iron and Metals and after that was sold to a... (more)

The last surviving example of an NP "Prairie" type steam locomotive is undergoing a cosmetic restoration inside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's Draper maintenance building.

This C-Liner B unit has been shoved off the end of a spur and left to rot!

Built by the Wagner Palace Sleeping Car Company in 1882, the CF&I Mine Rescue Car came to western steel giant in 1923 after being purchased from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The CF&I would use this ... (more)

The Louisiana Steam Train Association yard in Jefferson (West of New Orleans) Houses some interesting equipment. Before becoming under ownership of the Bisso Towboat Co, The locomotive was built b... (more)

Built by Brooks Locomotive in 1900, arrived at IRM in 1986.