Southbound pigs or "totes" as L&N called them. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Southbound pig train, remember those? A "piggy packer" took most of the day to unload one. I guess that and tare weight killed pig trains. Did they ever consider 10 cranes or packers ... (more)

Sitting in the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard is one of their TR4 "cow/calf" switcher sets, BRC TR4A 505 and TR4B 513. These were built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in Septe... (more)

A classic of early CSX, nee SCL, ex SBD. Captured by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

At the time of this photo, it is in the early days of RailAmerica ownership of the TP&W, however, this train shows the colors of the previous two post-Santa Fe owners of the line. The lead unit i... (more)

Led by a former C&O unit this northbound hopper train will soon struggle into the yard. Photo by Calvin Christman, from my collection.

Chartered as a private company in 1912, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway lasted until 1972, when it was renamed British Columbia Railway. As usual, it takes a while to get all a railroad’s loc... (more)

Always nice to find something unexpected, in locomotives at least. This grizzled old veteran probably doesn't have many days left as it sits idling in the sun.

I guess this slug set was a regular on the local headed down the Ohio as I shot it here again a month later.

We are in good stealth. At this point the slugsets were just being deployed, now they seem to be going away. Having ridden in one, I liked the slugs, almost like an electric.

The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway an... (more)

The buzzard may indicate that this local train has set in the siding for too long. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A southbound freight with a single unit if charge. Somewhat unusual then but more common nowadays. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Buttheads can be in the lead and the prettiest one in front on this road freight. Was CSX scraping the bottom of the barrel or just out of their mind. Shoulda put on a DC and had a full set.

CNW 8003 is on the move after stopping to fix some sticking brakes near Brampton, MI in June of 1987. We had just alerted the crew to smoke coming from one of the ore cars at the back of the train... (more)