Aberdeen & Rockfish's "new" ex-NS GP38-3 rebuild is on display at the company's office in Aberdeen. This locomotive was rebuilt from former SOU/NS GP50 7033.

An Island Paradise in the City. It would be very easy to lose track of the world outside the brightly-colored walls of the Rockaway Beach Surf Club while enjoying the tacos, refreshing ... (more)

The Other Mohawk Crossing. Amtrak Empire Service makes daily trips over the Mohawk River over 2 different bridges from Schenectady, New York, but not on this bridge. As part of the process ... (more)

Seattle's skyline, as seen from across Elliott Bay. A tug boat pulls a barge with rail cars upon it – bulkhead flats with lumber and at least one wood chip car – a not uncommon sight in these ... (more)

After a tragic derailment near Burns Harbor, The CSS 2010 is on the rail and just got started as part of the cleanup efforts. The CSS 804 had been the lead unit in the incident and has already bee... (more)

The fall colors have not yet found south east Pennsylvania as 2 trains wait to get into Enola yard while a ballast train comes across the Rockville bridge.

HERMOSA WY July 3 1978 — Eastbound Union Pacific DDA40X 6914, Southern Pacific SD45 8888 and an SP EMD blast out of the east portal on track one. EMD built the unit (b/n 34540) in October 1969 a... (more)

As my Kentucky sojourn was ending I decided to get back to over to this operation. While not as exciting as the Alco alligator that was here previously it was good to see at least one of the rare... (more)

Hello old friend, it's been a while! At 83 years young, the EJ&E 450 is still alive today, but who knows for how much longer? An NW2 built in 1939 as the ATSF 2364, the 450 spends its days ... (more)

In early November 2014, a CSX conductor safely rides the shove of a high and wide load as a westbound manifest backs up on track-2 approaching Stone Rd. with an interesting lash-up of power; CEFX ... (more)

Norfolk Southern Harrisburg to Chicago 47th Street intermodal train 25G led by NS 7532 is seen rounding Horseshoe Curve with foliage nearing peak in the Alleghenies.

My wife called and said she'd seen a special train so the chase was on. Carrying export locomotives with trucks on heavy duty flatcars this high and wide was probably destined for Norfolk. As ye... (more)

Cresson Steel NS 8717 is one of five former-NS C40-8s stored in Cresson, PA. Though they've been parked at a scrap metal facility for the better part of a decade, they're still standing.

DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — Burlington Northern SD9 6144 awaits its retirement at a crowded engine facility near city center. EMD built the 6144 (s/n 19001) in March 1954 for the Burlington as CBQ 34... (more)

The two sections of the forest system at Covasna-Comandau were separated by an inclined plane first opened in 1886. The plane was entirely worked by gravity, the heavier loaded wagons pulled up th... (more)