Abandoned and in the process of being torn up, a spike puller is at Mile 35 of what used to be the Owen Sound Subdivision pulling up spikes for the next set of rail removal as crews work their way... (more)

The now abandoned Hamilton loader on The CSX Straight Creek Branch as of 2022. As seen here, the loader is the only thing that still stands without the belt line that once connected the facility. ... (more)

The scenic route of the North Coast Limited remains out of use, but not abandoned, as seen in this view where it passes under I-15 in Butte, MT. Perhaps when BNSF acquires MRL they will consider p... (more)

The idled loader at Little Creek along The Left Fork Straight Creek Branch outside of Pineville, Ky.

The short siding at Royal City Junction, Washington, is barely noticeable among the sagebrush and rabbitbrush growing between the rails on September, 28, 2021. Even less discernible is Milwaukee R... (more)

Hoffman Transportation's vintage SW7 takes headroom as it shuffles cars around the Channahon plant.

The far eastern end of the St. Maries River Railroad ends abruptly on a sweeping curve at Milltown, east of St. Maries, Idaho. This was once the main line of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extensi... (more)

Rows of retired PBNE swichers rust away in Saucon Yard. The Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England Railroad was the wholly owned shortline railroad of Bethlehem Steel. It operated in and around the ... (more)

On a cold and dreary night, crossties with rails freshly pulled sit spread apart on the ROW of the former N&W Mate Creek Branch constructed off the Pocahontas District mainline to access coal mine... (more)

Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 sits right at the intersection of four roads in Pickens, SC with two box cars from the original railroad. This was shortly before the railroad was abandoned and tak... (more)

A forlorn looking GP7 sits on the storage tracks at Flinton on the UP Chester Sub, near Modoc, Illinois. I looked up the word Forlorn and its definition is "pitifully sad and abandoned or lo... (more)

WM 303 rusts away in the sun while weeds and flowers slowly grow around this classic from railroadings' past.

The former B&O mainline to St. Louis, MO, now the Illinois Subdivision of the CSX Louisville Division, ends at milepost 327.9 severing rail service between Caseyville, IL and Flora, IL.