A former Southern SW 9 sits in a scrap yard in Harriman.

Archeologists have discovered a waggonway which dates back to 1780 underneath the demolished offices of a shipyard on the river Tyne. 30 metres have been unearthed some of which is having to be ke... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf GP30 #2250 was built December 1962 as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #500

On a warm summer night, an old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines position light signal attempts to protect the track at Cold Spring, NJ, but at least two of its bulbs have burned out. Neverthel... (more)

The former site of Bridge 21.3, which burned in September 2011 due to a lightning storm. All that remains is a solitary rail drooping across the canyon, as well as ashes, iron and tin in the valle... (more)

Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)

Decrepit former Great Northern caboose 702, on display at the Alder Gulch Railroad depot in "ghost town" Nevada City, Montana.

Built in 8-1949, this ballast car was likely hauled over the pass in revenue service by massive Northern Pacific articulated locomotives. Designed for ballast service, this car also saw heavy u... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific CA-3 class cabooses, 25033 and 25031, rust away at the Los Angeles Junction Railway's facility in Vernon, California. These two cars were built in mid-1942, and unfortunat... (more)

Old Steel. Here is a trio of 1907 built ore cars. They made great cars in ballast service due to the manual doors on both ends. Loaned and later donated to the Lake Superior & Mississippi tourist ... (more)

A string of former Erie Mining RS11s are in storage at the former Wharton & Northern yard in Roxbury, N.J. Most of these units have since been cut up. M&E affiliated company RRPX still rosters th... (more)

Better Days..... I'd say this C30-7 has seen better days, cut up for scrap the cab is used as a "break room" for the workers of the Recycling center.

Identity Crisis
A former Penn Central covered hopper now with Conrail lettering but under Norfolk Southern ownership sits in the Roberta yard as it waits for another load of lime from... (more)

A nearly untouched Conrail SW8 sits in the Hegewisch area of Chicago.

Just like cows that are put out to pasture, the same can be said to locomotives used for parts. 1116 sits out in the grass, a fixture to the yard along with the various pieces of a equipment.