The CN has started to do heavy work in Michigan to replace alot of the older GTW style signals for the upcoming PTC cutover. One of the cooler GTW signals still left is this cantilever signal at M... (more)

Looking south on the old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range railroad laid tracks that once served the Thunderbird South coarse crusher loadout which came online in 1976 to help feed the Fairlane pelle... (more)

Can I get a double take? A westbound mine run rolls through Madison, W.Va., at sundown rolling overtop a spring switch and junction to the Pond Fork Subdivision. A slower shutter speed capt... (more)

A former Conrail caboose trails NS local freight TS29 out of Sharon Yard at CP 246 as they head out to switch out a couple of customers between here and Milepost 245.

Though the fate of coal trains is unknown, it is safe to say change is bound to come. Coal train 819 passes the endangered N&W Color Position Light signals (CPL's) as it heads West along the Pulas... (more)

May 10 marks the 12th anniversary of CN's 2004 purchase of Great Lakes Transportation (DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet). A bit less than a year after the purchase crews lift a new CN sign into plac... (more)

An elder set of former Norfolk & Western CPL signals at Webster, Virginia show that nothing is lined to head east out of Roanoke on the Blue Ridge District amid this cool May night.

This box car in BN's Cascade Green scheme still looks great on display at Bandana Square, a former NP shop complex now used for offices and a hotel. The Twin Cities Model Railroad museum used to ... (more)

Streetcar and train options at Exporail. There's a decent sized lineup to get on the Sunday-only excursion train at Exporail, which consists of CP 1608 and ex-CP AMT 827 on this sunny after... (more)

Actual rails laid by the Missabe RR found on what remains of the DM&IR Woodbridge branch line located NE of Buhl, MN. The Missabe put this branch line in for the sole purpose to service a few nat... (more)

ORB No 2 built by Mitsuibishi in 1967 is privately owned but based at Steam Incorporated. Assisting is DS 202 Drewry of 1955. The cars were used on an excursion marking 100 years of ANZAC Day hono... (more)

This won't work. This block of limestone will need some readjustment before it can make its trip to Manitowoc for a breakwall in Lake Michigan. These blocks were not secured in any way due to the ... (more)

The former Southern Railway color light signals at Duluth change to show a clear for NS 213, which is a few blocks away approaching at a fairly rapid pace. This is only a few nights before the lig... (more)

After a demanding winter in 2012-2013 these two former Great Northern snow dozers were rebuilt, only to sit out the past two mild winters.

A close-up photo of a cold weather rail joint pull apart or a break caused by a frost heave or some other cause. Found on what remains of the DM&IR Woodbridge branch line located NE of Buhl, MN. ... (more)