Eighteen thousand horsepower from three GF6Cs take an AAR Lubrication Test Vehicle (measuring track friction) across the Murray River Bridge just west of Tumbler Ridge townsite.

D&RGW Switch Caboose 01393 awaits a call to duty at Rio Grande's Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. The heritage of this caboose is showing through the black paint, 'Denver & Salt Lake'. The D&SL merge... (more)

A rebuilt switcher, designated a TC10, switches on the south side of Chicago. See comments below for more details.

Both D&RGW and the SP ordered three German Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel hydraulics in 1961, but after three years D&RGW wasn't happy with the experiment. They sold their three to willing-buyer SP... (more)

Westbound 'original' NS train #83 with NS GP18 #1 leading a Southern GP30, April 1974

CSX has had a colorful variety of lease engines on the property lately and one of the more colorful ones is trailing on this night's Q219 - a former BC Rail unit now in the HLCX fleet.

The 2200 series cars make a "once in a lifetime" run up to Dempster Street on the Skokie Swift with a charter train. This is the only time 2200s have run north of the Skokie Shops.

IHB 2924 one of IHB's six SD20's leads a northbound train. The SD20's are supposed to be replaced in the very near future by gensets.

On June 23rd 2012 close to 40 railfans young and old met up at Bayview Junction for the annual 'FoamFest'. With a shortage of eastbound traffic on CN, most of the railfans kept occupied with the p... (more)

Agrail GP7 #35 poses for a quick picture as it loads a string Union Pacific covered hoppers. This locomotive started life as Boston & Maine 1577. It still wears its Guilford-era dark green and o... (more)

The imprudence of a truck driver caused the colision with this chemical, the second engine hit the third one (FXE3025) damaging the fuel tank causing a big fire before to fall down into the bridge... (more)

With less than a month to go before the March 1980 embargo, Milwaukee's Sumas Turn crosses the BN mainline along the Bellingham waterfront. After adding a few cars, the train will head for Tacoma ... (more)

Torpedo Geep 7549 shows off its classic profile as it drags a cut of dried distiller's grains and ethanol out to the Norfolk Southern interchange tracks on the west side of Gibson City. This unit... (more)

ex-B&M GP7 35 loads a cut of Union Pacific covered hoppers at Agrail's facility in Bloomington, IL. The elevator complex is located on the site of the old Chicago & Alton Shops on the west side o... (more)