Two Union Pacific coal trains march over Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 13, 2014. The coal silos in the background belong to Antelope Mine near Converse Junctio... (more)

A load of 56.9 M wind generator blades has been loaded and waits for the IAIS crew to pull the loads and bring in some empties. The blade are bound for the UP in Des Moines, Iowa then on to Amaril... (more)

Now here's something you don't see every day - a loaded coal train passing four bruised and battered oil cans on their way to the scrapper.

Two log flats, loaded and ready to be shipped to the Kykenkee lumber mill in Vance, AL. The John Deere knuckleboom loader has made short work of the two flats, which will be picked up by a NS crew... (more)

At sunrise on January 6, 2011, BNSF's Denver to Chicago Z-train flies eastbound at Barr, Colorado, with the morning sun silhouetting UPS “pup” trailers headed for the Windy City.

A hobo? No... security guard... To assure no coals are be stolen, a guard is running with the train to control...

It's a busy day for railroading in downtown St. Louis today. In the foreground, the Union Pacific 12th St. Yard has several trains occupying the various tracks, waiting to be transferred to other ... (more)

The newest product of Stadler Rail, the "VSHST" (Very Short High Speed Train) for lines with low passenger demand ;-) No, this is a joke: 2 cab moduls with simulator of the future "... (more)

Freight cars are staged for inspection on tracks 1 and 2 before being filtered into the railcar repair area of Curry Rail Service's Hollidaysburg Shop. Built for the PRR in 1954 as their Samuel Re... (more)

After bringing in a couple empty scrap gons, Steel Dynamic's SW1 uncouples and pulls away from the cars as the excavator to the left gets fired up, preparing to load the gons.

Various freight cars undergoing repair inside Curry Rail Service's Hollidaysburg Shop. Built for the PRR in 1954 as their Samuel Rea Shop, the building is part of the DeGol Industrial Complex. Cur... (more)

The newly restored Southern Railway Big John rolls out of Spencer yard behind 3170 and 2601.

Just a shell of its former glory is how Smith Creek Yard in Clifton Forge, Virginia is now. Not much is left except the C&O Heritage Center. Pictured is various equipment belonging to the C&O Hi... (more)

Five SD40-2's, a pair of Burlington Northern and three from Kansas City Southern lead this loaded coal train up Crawford Hill. On the KCS coal hoppers, only the rotary ends and the initial and num... (more)

The shunting yard Schaffhausen is a good example for the decline of rail freight traffic. There are just some parked freight cars, the rest of the tracks are empty.