Stormy skies and very strong winds are seen over the 1024 today as it splits semaphore signals at its new resting location near HWY 50. This site will soon become the city’s future visitor’s ... (more)

Southern served the South!

It is a fact that more 2-8-0 "Consolidations" were built than any other wheel arrangement and the Southern utilized many in several unique classes, small to lar... (more)

CB&Q Hudson #3007 peeks out of the barn at the Illinois Railway Museum.

I paid a visit to London to view the display of poppies outside the Tower of London and in the afternoon I paid a visit to the Science museum in Kensington. On display is ROCKET. Probably the firs... (more)

Christmas at Exporail. CP 2850 and LNER 4489 are in the middle of the main hall at Exporail, with Christmas decorations out.

Built as #423 in August of 1882 for the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central RR, the "One Spot" did not make it into the hands of the Clinchfield Railroad until 1900. It did so by way of it's pred... (more)

A pair of steam engines for Christmas? CP 2850 and LNER 4489 are in the middle of the main hall at Exporail, with Christmas decorations out.

The steam locomotive FDp20-578 stands standing on a pedestal, near the depot THC-1 Kyiv-Pasaghyrskyi. First was the original name IS20-578 until 1962. It is the only surviving steam locomotive of ... (more)

The first railroad line to Tower was built by the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (D&IR) and completed in 1884. The Soudan Mine had opened the previous year, necessitating the construction of a rai... (more)

The shape of streamliners to come. CB&Q No. 5629 (4-8-4) was built in 1940 by the Burlington Route Railroad in their own shops in Burlington, Iowa and was one of 15 engines of its class designed ... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western 683 (2-8-0) was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890 and operated in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado. The locomotive was donated to the Colorado Railroad ... (more)

An ex-CGR steam engine, out in the sun for once. CN 5550 is normally stored in building 5 at Exporail, which is not open during the winter months. I was happily surprised to see it out for ... (more)

Former CN Rail 4-6-0 #1112 on display at Smiths Falls. This locomotive was built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912 and was operated by the Canadian Northern, Canadian National and Quebec North ... (more)

The SP 794 sits stuffed and mounted along the platform of the the San Antonio Amtrak Station, awaiting a restoration that will allow it back on mainline rails.