This old veteran N&W caboose sits in the yard at Nitro assigned to MOW service.

NYC steam had been officially banished from lines east of Buffalo by the time this pastel-like scene was captured at a yard on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls on Labor Day weekend 1953.

You never know what you might find in the woods of Alaska. Normally you're excited to stumble upon a bear or moose (at safe distance of course) but you rarely expect to find an F-unit! Neverthel... (more)

Union Railroad MP15DC 33 is the first engine to be painted in the new red and yellow scheme. The engine is seen at the engine facility in Monroeville, PA, on September 26, 2009.

Green Machine. Battery powered NS 999, classed BP4, goes to work for the first time in Rose Yard in Altoona. The unit was built using the frame of former NS GP38 2911, ex CR 7732, ne... (more)

RMR's morning departure for Vancouver idles overnight in the yard at Jasper. Thanks to JWR for the lighting.

A tank car rolls into one of the 56 classification tracks at a busy Norris Yard. Thanks to the Southern Railway Historical Association and NS for allowing us to tour their yard.

Not what one generally thinks of when they think of the Alaska Railroad, the APU spur is one of my personal favorite photo locations. This obscure little branch leads one mile off the ARR mainlin... (more)

A Rocky Mountaineer special awaits it's occupants for the rest of it's trip to Banff.

"Alaskan Agriculture" - Now how is that for an oxymoron? This hopper is one of two that wear this unique paint scheme. A small fleet was purchased in the early 1980s to support export fro... (more)

Five retired cabooses rest silently on the Old Park Spur with their markings painted over. This little spur track sits directly south of the ARR's corporate headquarters building which is just ou... (more)

Beaunet Corportation's fireless cooker 0-6-0 switching the interchange with the ETWNC in 1978. This locomove is preserved on static display in Elizabethton.

There are more than just polar bears that should be placed on the endangered species list in Alaska. Ironically the 40 ft. mill gon coupled behind the locomotive is the oldest piece of equipmen... (more)