Random sighting in a UP manifest on the Cajon Summit. I do not like graffiti on railway vehicles, for me, this is vandalism. But here I can see an artist at work.

UP 48" AreoWedge #948001 - [2014 Winter Solstice Study] - Designed by UP employees to reduce drag on the forward end of a double stack train, the areo wedge was "[y]ears in develo... (more)

The North Yard is active, with nearly every track holding cars.

A surprisingly clean 50 ft. ACF Spartan Easy Loader double door box car is pictured in Spanish Fork Canyon on Nov. 16, 1996. D&RGW 63790 is from a series of 100 cars built new in May 1963 for the ... (more)

A coal train heads east towards Horseshoe curve as a roadrailer zooms past west at speed.

War worn ore jennies reflect the glint of an early fall sunset off their converted journal bearing trucks as they bend north on the former DM&IR road to collect another load of taconite pellets.

T31 pulls ahead out of the Evergreen plant and heads for the mainline, where it will reverse to the same end of the yard and pick up a few loads for Asheville.

UPY 629 (GP15-1) and partner are the 'monkey in the middle', sandwiched between two strings of freight.

On a bright, beautiful Sunday afternoon, Ex Amtrack hopper cars sit in Elberton, Ga on long since abandoned trackage. The weekend had been especially interesting and exiting for me because I got t... (more)

A string of transfer cabooses mingle with unused cars awaiting disposition after the demise of the Rock Island. Gondolas on the right are loaded with salvaged rail.

Built in December of 1969 and having outlived two mergers so far, this Ortner woodchip gondola still rides the rails under the Great Northern banner. Wearing that fallen railroad’s Big Sky Blue... (more)

Between 1953 and 1954, the Denver & Rio Grande Western took delivery of 200 GS (General Service) gondolas from General American. The 46 foot and 70 ton drop bottom cars were utilized initially in ... (more)

Parked on a forlorn siding in rural Sanderson, TX sits a fine example of a former Southern Pacific fire car. Originally built in December 1942, it has had a long life and sits idle in southwest T... (more)

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch the E Yard at Proctor. Missabe 215 is one of two remaining former DM&IR units still wearing Missabe lettering and paint (SD40-3 403 is the other).

A Stator for a 600mw generator sits outside the plant, waiting for Norfolk Southern to take it to Charlotte, NC for Siemens to rebuild.