Soo Line's "Colormark" cars certainly lived up to the name! These colorful white, red and black cars were easy to spot among a train of dull brown freight cars. Built in May 1972, SOO 18496 was ... (more)

Think of refrigerator cars, and most railfans first think of Pacific Fruit Express, the joint venture of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. But for some of us, the Santa Fe's large fleet of refr... (more)

A former DM&N 1905 U-3 series ore car sold to the Duluth & Northeastern in Cloquet basks in the sun after having been restored during the summer of 2011. The car had been used to spread ballast wh... (more)

New Cab Control Car?? Arbitrary date of photo.

Fifteen years and seven months after it was built, and nine after the railroad was merged out of existence, Great Northern plug door box car 36888 still proudly wears its "Rocky" logo. Spotted on... (more)

Time for Union Pacific to roll east at James.

Three six axle units on the headend, three more mid train with the caboose bringing up the rear.

TILX 350413 - Crude Oil Tank Car

The 590 was one of Amtrak's last active CF7s, living out its last days in the sunshine state shifting Auto Carriers around. Date is approximate.

A Boeing 737-800 series fuselage travels at low altitude through Denver Colorado. This plane - s/n 3742 - is now flying with Delta Airlines.

Second Chance
After a lengthy life on the railroad hauling the usual commodities of sugar, flour and starch, this beauty of a covered hopper built by General American in the mid-60s n... (more)

A heavy flat car waits with a unique load in the BNSF North Yard in Ft Collins.

The 30 is pulling empty tank cars from Pulver Gas on the North Freight track.

Many of the estimated 30 to 40 trains per day that pass through Denver are coal. Here we see two loaded trains heading south and one empty heading back to Wyoming for a refill.

Numerous flatcars built or modified to carry 80 foot sticks of rail bring up the end of today's Hill Cut local and show off a bowed appearance as their empty bodies await another load of heavy rai... (more)