PN'S 7010 hold up Traffic on Street Rd on a rainy friday.

The Alaska Railroad crew aboard train 125N is seen backloading the CN-bound barge at the Port of Whittier with GP40-2s 3012, 3006 and GP38-2 2004 doing the honors. The trio of flat car spacer/idl... (more)

Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3007 leads SD70MAC 4318 southbound from Fairbanks to the Usibelli Mine near Healy, Alaska for coal loading on March 14, 2017.

New Way Cars? No Way!

In 1974, the Santa Fe Railway took delivery of their first new cabooses in twenty-five years: Five Ce-6 class way cars (as Santa Fe called their cabooses) numb... (more)

Alaska Railroad train 125N - the Whittier to Anchorage freight with traffic from the CN barge - is seen building its northbound train at Whittier on March 12, with ARR GP40-2s 3012 and 3006 leadin... (more)

“Long Gone”
Long gone are the CPLs, cabin cars, front runners, and the friendly wave. With RF&P GP40-2 146 plus three on the head end, Chessie System/C&O extended vision caboose (90)... (more)

Ever dreamed of being a freight conductor? Norfolk Southern's McDonough training facility has an array of freight cars, from tankers to auto racks to practice on in class before heading out to the... (more)

One of the Caldwell's antique GP16 rebuilds, still in Family Lines paint and running light, crosses US321 in Hickory on the way back to the company yard.

A DC to AC conversion engine numbered 4004 leads NS 777 by the Trinity United Methodist Cemetery along Rehobeth Road in Walnut Bottom just east of Shippensburg, PA. The engine features the blue m... (more)

The NS "Blue Mule" pushes hard on the rear of a coal train at Farm as it prepares to enter the twin tunnels at Hemphill.

Wearing a fresh coat of paint, American Sugar Refining's Plymouth switcher, assigned to their Baltimore refinery, pulls a cut of empty covered hoppers off the CSX interchange tracks, for loading w... (more)

Built by the Marion Steam Shovel Company of Marion, Ohio in 1920 this unique item is possibly the oldest remaining 12" gun mount on a rail car. Once used as coastal defenses through the 1920... (more)

The illusive Abominable Pony makes its way to the Denver Yard during one of the heaviest snowstorms to hit Colorado in years.

The Milwaukee Road had 2 extended vision cabooses and 1 of them rests in the yard in Green Bay, WI.

Cabooses are a rare sight these days, except on local runs where they are often used for shoving duty. This old Conrail/NYC unit has been in service here in Murfreesboro for many years now.