Up in the air. As part of the events for CN family day at Joffre yard, a CN crew demonstrates how to change out an axle on a boxcar.

As the blue hour gives way to night, a short 10 car transfer prepares to pull from the BNSF Rices Point yard in Duluth, MN and head over to the BNSF 28th Street yard in Superior, WI. The power fo... (more)

A pair of B&M buggies have found a nice retirement gig, resting easy next to the recently-upgraded Conn River Mainline. Amtrak's Southbound Vermonter roars by in the background as the two veteran... (more)

Traveling south on the Lineville Subdivision, CSX Q647-05 goes into emergency. The conductor walks the train and finds that it has broken a knuckle. The separation accrued between the 96th and 97t... (more)

Dead locomotives abound at the Milwaukee Road’s West Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Shops in this 1980 view from the 35th Street Viaduct. Earlier in the year, the bankrupt railroad had ceased operations ... (more)

This car is noted as being the first all aluminum open top hopper built in the United States by Alcoa in 1931. It was the prototype car and is lettered Monon to reflect the heritage of the rail li... (more)

E&LS crews work in a bug infested environment to nudge derailed hopper cars back up to track level. This track is part of the former DSS&A (Soo Line) mainline between Sault Ste. Marie and Duluth, ... (more)

Sitting in Remer, Minnesota (pop. 360) are both a nicely restored depot and caboose, both of Soo Line Railroad lineage. The depot was constructed in 1910 and used the "Standard Second Class&... (more)

To be a child again... LaGrange, KY provides a moment of excitement, wonderment, and joy for this child in his fathers arms. A family photo shoot in the nearby park cut short when the child excite... (more)

An old crossing sign stands below a million stars and the Milky Way's galactic bands in Bowersville, Ga on a cool, comfortable night for shooting. The Milky Way can be seen to the right of the cro... (more)

Two things Indiana is known for - corn and the Monon. Monon had a number of dual-purpose boxcars (boppers) designed with covered hopper-like loading hatches on the top for agricultural products. C... (more)

All is quite in the heart of Valentine. Soon, the silence will be broken by the sounds of dynamic brakes and the power of a K5HL horn. A green light at the signal at East Valentine indicates a wes... (more)

One of BNSF's "heritage fleet" of covered hoppers rests fittingly at a former Northern Pacific yard in Duluth. A number of hoppers are adorned with logos of BNSF predecessor railroads fo... (more)

Thunderstorms dance around the Kanawha River valley painting the sky and highlighting unique low hanging cloud structure during an unusual nighttime August thunderstorm.

"STEEL ROAD TO THE STARS"
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