Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

Less than an hour from a crew change at Dunsmuir, a hot intermodal train is westbound on the Shasta Route near Mount Shasta.

After getting a window to cross RF&P Sub, BB Z862 crosses the diamond at the former HN Cabin, still standing on the right. Today, this crossing is controlled by CSX remotely from Jacksonville.

Rolling through beautiful Utah red rock country bordering Arches National Park, a 13-car Union Pacific Potash local approaches multiple curves nearing Emkay, Utah, on March 4, 2012. This is a form... (more)

Final Curtain

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, on the 23rd of March 2024. The final r... (more)

More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)

M301 heads south at Doswell in between a fleet of Amtrak trains on the RF&P Sub.

A Wide Variety at Westchester Yard. The NYC Subway is unusual among rapid transit systems in that it has a dedicated fleet of railbound maintenance equipment used by in-house forces to ... (more)

Over under… With 25A rolling south over the James River and CSX’s James River Sub, G761 rolls east with grain loads as a pair of AC44’s lead the mile long unit train, while the mile long ... (more)

SU-99 power sits at Little Ferry with 4062 not lashed up. Post 10:23 earthquake.

Stashed away in Salem are a pair of ex Pennsy E8s, disguised in Delaware Lackawanna & Western livery. Taken with the kind permission of the property owner.

Some former Amtrak F40s owned by Larry's were sent for work at AMP in Dansville in 2016.

What appears to be NS 2133 sits in front of the former Manufacturer's Railway engine house adjacent to the Anheuser-Busch brewery in downtown St. Louis. I can tell you that NS 2133 is currently a... (more)

Double heritage units the NS 8099 Southern and the NS 1069 Virginian lead the southbound Office Car Special from Maryland into West Virginia over the Potomac River. The OCS will eventually take ex... (more)

Heading through the unloader.