Won't be long before this unit is history

The last of the Reading Camelbacks. Sitting on a storage track behind the Strasburg Railroad Shops is what's left of the last of the fabled Reading Camelbacks. Reading #1187 is an A4 Class... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)

Walking Horse & Eastern FP7 #806 sure has seen better days, She now set's on a spur track rusting away.

Old Conrail veterans keep each other company, while waiting for their day with the scrapper. The Dash 7 on the left seems to be in a little better shape than the old GP10. Note: This photo was tak... (more)

PRR K-4 1361's tender has finished the majority of its restoration. It sits inside Altoona Pipe and Steel's fence. All it needs now is a coat of paint and an assembled K-4 to go with it.

A former Southern SW 9 sits in a scrap yard in Harriman.

Archeologists have discovered a waggonway which dates back to 1780 underneath the demolished offices of a shipyard on the river Tyne. 30 metres have been unearthed some of which is having to be ke... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf GP30 #2250 was built December 1962 as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #500

On a warm summer night, an old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines position light signal attempts to protect the track at Cold Spring, NJ, but at least two of its bulbs have burned out. Neverthel... (more)

The former site of Bridge 21.3, which burned in September 2011 due to a lightning storm. All that remains is a solitary rail drooping across the canyon, as well as ashes, iron and tin in the valle... (more)

Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)

Decrepit former Great Northern caboose 702, on display at the Alder Gulch Railroad depot in "ghost town" Nevada City, Montana.

Built in 8-1949, this ballast car was likely hauled over the pass in revenue service by massive Northern Pacific articulated locomotives. Designed for ballast service, this car also saw heavy u... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific CA-3 class cabooses, 25033 and 25031, rust away at the Los Angeles Junction Railway's facility in Vernon, California. These two cars were built in mid-1942, and unfortunat... (more)