Retired Rotary. Colorado & Southern rotary snow plow 99201 is seen on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, its gaping maw sporting a seemingly fresh coat of red paint.

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Probably a consist of... (more)

An eastbound junker has just knocked down the eastbound signal at GI out the west side of Galesburg on the Chillicothe Sub. The standard 90s consist of 4-4axle blue and yellows lead the charge.

I mainly did the Aurora Sub for my backyard photography growing up. That meant getting C30-7s wasn't too common for me. Those units mainly stayed on coal trains and, for me, were on the Southern I... (more)

On the other side, a pair of engines sit with the run rising on another day in McAdam.

A pair of GP38-3s pass by the McAdam railway station, heading to grab a cut of cars for the trip to Saint John.

A pair of GP38-3s sit near the shops at sunrise.

Elevated Elevator. Cargill Grain SW1200 no. CAGX 1134 is seen beside the towering grain elevator in Commerce City, CO where the unit works switching covered hoppers.

For a long time, the CN in Iowa looked a lot like this. Especially west of Waterloo, big power didn't roam much, and it would normally be on unit trains only. With that, SD40's own the railroad. ... (more)

This Indiana Southern coal train is about to finish loading a coal at the Bear Run Mine. This mine is located outside of Dugger on the INRD. According to the web, the mine produced 6.7 million ton... (more)

Morning at Manitou. Early morning sunshine illuminates the face of Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway car no. 19 as it awaits the start of the day shuttling riders up the 12-25% grades o... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railyard. Three Denver Rock Island Railroad locomotives are seen sitting at the railway's facility in the North Washington neighborhood of Adams County, CO. SW1500 no... (more)

On the night of 10th and 11th of may a massive solar storm hit earth with northern lights visible through out Europe. Seeing the natures own light show on the northern sky is relatively easy in al... (more)

Once sitting nearby rotting in the weeds, #1400 is on display with #29 in Ogden, having been relocation from the Pavilion downtown.

Between Moose Jaw & Regina exists a sprawling network of industrial railroading in Belle Plain which is dominated by Mosaic and the Canpotex hoppers one can find across North America. This set of ... (more)