DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — BN GP20 2021 awaits its fate. The unit is former Great Northern 2021 (b/n 26289). It was delivered in November 1960. BN retired it in November 1981. My photo.

I found this former C&O passenger car, that had been converted for Maintenance of Way use, rusting away in the weeds at the east end of Hinton Yard.

Bare metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wi... (more)

End of the line for former Norfolk & Western SD45 1774. Sitting on a radial turntable track at Shaffers Crossing, the unit has been stripped of usable parts and awaits a trip to the scrap yard. Be... (more)

I've been seeing a lot of great shots of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad 367 by Tracey Green, Travis Mackey and others that it reminded me I had shot it before, too. On a dreary day in 2013, I shot... (more)

The South Carolina Railroad Museum in 2005 dug this old American Locomotive Company (Alco) crane out of the woods on part of the unused portion of their tracks back in 2005. She now sits on displa... (more)

Diesel scrap and a little red boat...N&W GP9 743 and 797 are well on their way to oblivion in this shot of Cycle Systems Scrap Yard.

I found a vintage Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad EMD SD7 on the Hartwell Railroad back in 2005. It was still being used at the time but is stored derelict in Airline, Georgia as of 2022. It was bui... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

Suffering through the last months before I got a driver's license, I traveled by train as much as possible. On this particular day I took Amtrak from my home in New Jersey to my uncle's house in D... (more)

Shoving platform CN 79834 is leading as the Pointe St-Charles Switcher heads out of the yard to pick up grain empties at a P&H mill. Above is the right of way for the REM light rail line, which is... (more)

Built new by N&W in 1911, now awaiting an unlikely restoration.

A face only a mother could love. The Central Wisconsin Railroad started with a fleet of ancient ex-MILW FM switchers on the ex-MILW line west of Waukesha. Few of the FM fleet ever turned a revenue... (more)

A snow-covered collection at the former NRE Dixmoor shops, which has since closed up.