Picked Switch (Derailment) at MP 96 - The first of a set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later sold as surplus lie... (more)

Rotting Away in the Desert Sun - Purchased by the Pacific Imperial Railway (aka PIR) the successor in interest to the Carrizo Gorge Railway, these three former Union Pacific GP40-2's sit ro... (more)

Bridge at MP 95.9 - Looking down the main line of the Desert Line towards Dubbers Spur (where the cars are located) and Tunnel #5 where the line enters the gorge from the drop off point at ... (more)

Bridge Over Little Carrizo Creek Near Dubbers Spur - Goat Canyon trestle is is seven (7) track miles away and Dos Cabazas Station (on the other end of the gorge) is 13.7 track miles eastwar... (more)

Metra Cars on Dubbers Spur - After a short hike across the hill from Jacumba Road, the line of five former Chicago Metra cars come into view on Dubbers Spur. The track on the left is t... (more)

Still wearing its previous owner's colours, CN C40-8 2033 awaits a lift to the shop in Edmonton after suffering a ruptured fuel tank.

The CN has started changing out traction motors at Waterloo on the old ramp track. The CN has been using Hulcher to lift the units to get the traction motors out. Here they set the 5437 back down ... (more)

The new CSX Geometry train power along with their 2 car train rests at CSX Walbridge yard.

GECX ES44AC 2036, a Tier 4 demonstrator, idles outside of the Walker Yard diesel shop. 5 of these beasts will be on loan to CN until theirs show up.

CCET with its ex-Alaskan GP49 proceeds west passing a Clermont County water tower in the evening light. CCET works the west end of the N&W Peavine from Claire to Afton and services the Huhtamaki ... (more)

"Pacific Horizon" is a Horizon food service car that has been done up for Amtrak California service. It operates with completely overhauled ex-NJT comet cars.

Southern Railway SD40 #3170 rests outside the NS paint shop at sunset in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Within a few hours, it will be cranked up and running, being prepared for revenue service after ha... (more)

After a rebuild at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and restoration into its original Southern Railway paint scheme at the Chattanooga locomotive shop, Southern SD40 #3170... (more)

A new addition to Norfolk Southern's "heritage fleet": Southern Railway SD40 #3170 was built in April of 1971 and served for Southern and Norfolk Southern until being retired in 2008. It was rece... (more)

CN SD40-2W 5258, a former LNG testbed, idles in the short yard at Jasper with some junk freight and a CWR train for Kamloops.