One of five (the other four are Tri Rail's in Florida) double deck Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) made by Colorado Railcar Mfg which went bankrupt at the beginning of 2009. For additional exterior a... (more)

“Person Power!” Hidden behind the brightly-coloured umbrella a guy propels his passengers on an improvised and very unofficial passenger “sled” in Manila. In 1996 more than a million peop... (more)

The Ugliest Diesel Ever? Some might consider the CF7 to be the ugliest diesel locomotive ever built, others the BQ23-7, but for my money this contraption based on an E8(B) when seen from t... (more)

Gainesville Midland SD40 #10 still sports its Seaboard colors in this scene from July 1970 near Jefferson, GA.

1 to 3 cars usually being the norm for this lonely train, it pokes along at times less than 10 mph headed back home to Casper. Working as a consultant for Exxon at the time, a usual field locatio... (more)

Q368-12 slowly heads east under the grain conveyor and loader at La Paz Junction.

A monstrosity of a machine, a Fairmont Tamper Ballast Cleaner idles away in the small Morley yard. Not sure of the age but possibly a leftover from a CSX predecessor.

The Chadron-Casper local approaches the small blurb known as Irvine, WY, just before it hits the worst section of track along the line. The crew throttles up to maintain its constant speed of 10 m... (more)

The spacer box car is empty all but a MU cable to connect the locos. It is actually used to spread the weight out over the Buffalo Creek bridge on the other end of the line that is much smaller th... (more)

Yes, it has a motor and it runs on the rails. Made by Johnson Industries and the first in the US, this auger sampler takes coal from each utility bound hopper as it passes by at Turley. Refer to 2... (more)

Q157 passes beneath a unique signal bridge at Depew. Tracks 3 and 4 (left 2) regard the signals at CP-431, while tracks 1 and 2 (right 2) regard the signal at the automatic at QC 431.

On display at the National Railway Museum, York. No. 2500 was the first of the 37 three-cylinder 2-6-4 express passenger tank locomotives designed especially for the London Tilbury and Southend li... (more)

Alcos A9108 and A9104 head on some tank cars on the way to the oil refinery. This train runs every 20 days about.

Brand spanking new! So new, they aren't even finished yet. New commuter rail locomotives, presumably for Metrolink, await a few final touches and then it's off to the paint booth at Motive Power... (more)

Chester back in October 1984. Wilson's Brewery of Manchester celebrated its Centenery by chartering Flying Scotsman to pull a special train from Manchester to Chester. Here she is backing onto the... (more)