C47 starts to load the empty coal train just north of Windber.

The symmetry of the railroad is exemplified here. Ties, pandrol clips, rail, wheels. Only thing different are the burn marks on the gons. Westbound mtys on the James River. Nice, solid roadbed... (more)

This historic bottle car was constructed by Wm. B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. It can be viewed at the Sloss Furnances National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama.

As cars roll down the hump at Bellevue yard, this night in 1959, the carman keeps adding oil to the journal boxes, while other work continues all around the big yard. Photo recreated from the firs... (more)

Golden West Service
Started back in the 1990s, this sale / lease back program consisting of cars from Southern Pacificmore)

A pair of original UP SD40-2's lead the LUJ51, the Ogden to Evanston local, slowing to pick up a pair of bad ordered center beam flats off main #2 at Echo, Utah. The 3213 was built by EMD for the ... (more)

Dawn in Westfort. Still shrouded in fog, Western Grain looms in mystery as the backdrop, while the early morning sun glints of side of Trudeau hoopers stencilled ALPX, CP and CPWX in... (more)

A Milwaukee Road Box Car's Final Fate...box car #952 will experience the cutting torch and wind up exactly like the cubed steel sitting next to it as scrap. The Canadian Pacific Railroad sets out... (more)

Flat wagons waiting on trainline no.95 on Sajó's bridge to keep the river from whirling the bridge.

A pair or Burlington Northern covered hoppers that are part of west bound train, NS 335, roll over the Opelika interlock while Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: Covered Hopper Car
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: BN 460454
Train ID: NS 335
Photo Date: April 02, 2010

CP Hick can be a busy place, but it can't get much busier than five moving trains at once. From farthest to nearest:

1. Westbound Canadian Pacific trackage rights auto rack train m... (more)

Fuel tenders were pretty popular for a few years as railroads were looking for ways to buy cheap fuel in fewer locations rather than pay many different suppliers, all of who had different prices. ... (more)

Prior to the day's passenger trips, a crew from the Railroad Museum of New England takes an opportunity to utilize Flagg Coal #75 for the purpose for which she was designed...switching cars in the... (more)

This ballast car proclaims to be 48 years old (or 58 years old, depending on which you believe). Including its Atlantic Coast Line Heritage, much of its history is visible, both literally and imp... (more)

Special delivery for the Monticello Nuclear Power plant. BNSF 2973 is pushing the last couple miles into the plant. This is the first train the City of Monticello has seen in about 3 years, norma... (more)