Newly constructed and painted PRR gons are ready for their markings in this July 1952 scene at Altoona.

Rio Grande Maintenance of Way forces were busy dumping slag ballast along the westward main track east of Springville the morning of July 22, 1988.

BNSF inbound trains for Long Beach Container are routinely stored on the Hyuka lead, adjacent the facility, when they arrive before an outbound train departs due to it's cramped facility. The prev... (more)

It appears CN has returned this leased LNG tank car to the UP after testing it in Alberta.

A westbound work train shuttles rip-rap to Plain, Colorado, to help fill in a gigantic hole caused by heavy rains during the week of September 9. The train is shown just east of Rocky siding about... (more)

An overview of the yard at Lamberts Point: The special Pier 6 hopper car was on display during the day for employees to enjoy before being sent out for its first load of coal. Pier 6 itself can ... (more)

September 2013 marks the 50th Anniversary of operations at Lamberts Point Pier 6 in Norfolk, VA. To mark the occasion, NS applied a special paint scheme to coal hopper number 146313. The car was... (more)

Brand New
A three pack of newly assembled TTX boxcars from the Gunderson Concarril plant in Mexico built in June of 2013 make what is most likely their first run into the Centennial S... (more)

A Kasgro 122 Ton - 25’ Depressed Deck Flat Car sits at the CN yard, with a transformer. Kasgro is the builder of “World’s Largest Railroad Car” Their web site states; "From our twelve-axle... (more)

The front of a westbound BNSF freight approaches Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, while the rear of the train passes the detector at mile 22.6 below at the loop over the mouth of Coal Creek C... (more)

The nearly uniform rear section of a 60 car unit tank train carrying Texas Tea rolls smoothly atop continuous welded strands of 136 p... (more)

Low clouds hang over the valley at Red Pass, British Columbia, on July 14, 2013. A red 40-foot Canadian National boxcar that once carried goods across a vast country now sits in the grass used as ... (more)

Little engine looks dwarfed by the large auto carriers

A pair of SD40s have brought an empty train up from the dock in Duluth.