NS SD90MAC 7292 recently had its cab and electrical cabinet removed.

The mainline rails here are rusty and silent where once Rio Grande trains thundered out of Minturn, Colorado, attacking the steep grade 3% grade over Tennessee Pass. On August 12, 2015, at the eas... (more)

The new acquisition of ferromex for track works

I feel bad for all my friends who spend hours outside at night in the cold shooting the stars. Why, whenever I want to do that, i just come in here...(I know, I know, the stars are reversed. I dea... (more)

Santa Fe GP60M #146 was painted in the Maersk scheme and given a matching set of containers for use in a promotional film.

The railroad day is about to begin in Perry, Arkansas. As soon as one of the Little Rock & Western’s C420’s arrives with the train from Little Rock, GP9 103 will go to work with some switching... (more)

New Arrivals

Last week, four newly acquired ex-NJT P40's were delivered to New Haven, Conn to join the ranks of CDOT Shoreline East and future Hartford Commuter service. They w... (more)

Number 3 “Bush” train shed

Metro North 4910 takes in some sun on under one of the crumbling former Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad “Bush” train shed num... (more)

After getting the air charged up, having the conductor walk back to the head end, and contact UP DS-14, the train departs eastbound just south of Bosler, Wyoming on March 14, 2016. My girlfriend M... (more)

A pair of GP30's as helpers are shoving on the rear of a westbound that originated in Philadelphia. CR2231 wears Conrail lettering instead of the usual CR initials that we would normally see on a... (more)

Casey Jones
Unique “Casey Jones” railbus poses at Silverton, Colorado, on August 24, 2006. The contraption was designed and built by Clyde Jones and was owned by Sunnyside Mill and M... (more)

"Metro through a building" is not easily seen outside Chongqing.

An original Lehigh Valley round house from the 19th century stood derelict in Auburn for decades, but just yesterday (3/12/16) it burned to the ground. The cause is under investigation but is sus... (more)

Four-legged Traindriver assistant. Train's driver with his dog named Bucks moves TU6D narrow gauge locomotive at peateries of Mezinovsky narrow gauge railway in Vladimir region. D... (more)