A "High and Wide" from up above. This heat exchanger, made by Air Products of Wilkes-Barre is slowly making its way to Morrisville, PA where it will continue on by sea to Saudi Arabia.

A "High and Wide" load consisting 2 specialized flat cars, two well cars, two diesels, one caboose and this Air Products heat exchanger which is slowly making its way from the the West T... (more)

As a westbound Union Pacific Public Service (Xcel Energy) coal train climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, a view downgrade from near Big 10 Curve show two rear DPU locomotives pushing on the rear of the... (more)

When the Weyerhaeuser Woods Line and the east end of the Oregon, California & Eastern were scrapped, the salvaged materials were sorted at Sycan. Dismantler A&K Railroad Materials used the old log... (more)

Union Electric Company/Ameren has UCEX No. 2015 decked out in patriotic colors to honor “Ameren’s Military Veteran Employees” in its coal-hauling fleet of hoppers. On July 3, 2016, No. 2015 ... (more)

RTD's commuter train flies over a freight that has just left the Denver Yard

Over 8,000 tones of worn Abrams tanks are seen being slugged upgrade into Woodford on a warm afternoon on Tehachapi. Making a somewhat rare appearance on a DODX train, two mid-train DPU's can be s... (more)

The "Louie" has been gone for decades but the paint scheme lives on, on this cement hopper in Rapid City, SD in May of 1990. Love the improvised track bumper.

Canadian Pacific's Delaware & Hudson painted this MOW gondola pink for breast cancer awareness. The gondola is seen at CP's Kenwood Yard loaded with wheels.

The NS 8104 Lehigh Valley sits in the limestone yard at Belews Creek Steam Station.

Norfolk Southern's Safety Train is parked at the dormant Stiles Street Yard in Linden, N.J. The railroad will host safety classes in Linden, from May 16 through 18. A NJ Transit train scoots by th... (more)

A pink coal hopper?
Yes, Union Electric Company/Ameren has UCEX No. 2014 painted pink to support breast cancer awareness in its coal-hauling fleet of hoppers. On July 3, 2016, “On Tra... (more)

ATSF freight downhill on the 3% original track at west summit island

On a hazy afternoon filled with smoke from forest fires, a westbound Modoc Line train rounds Likely Loop. Within a year, operations here would cease. The trackage was dismantled in 2003.

All in a Day’s Work

The Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern serves a small explosives manufacturing plant at Mount Carmel Junction, Pennsylvania. Since there is no runaround track ... (more)