On the night of July 4, 2012, most of the new, clean and shiny heritage units wait out the night while the N&W and SOU units are elsewhere.

NS power is found at Fleta, south of Mojave.

Claremont & Concord GE 44-tonner #31 at the siding for the Coy Paper Co. outside of Claremont, N.H. in April, 1977.

Office Car Special is on day one of three days across Florida, repeating a trip they did one year prior. Today they will head straight to Miami, only stopping to recrew in Lakeland....oh, and Sum... (more)

Yard engines are waiting the call of duty

The sun is falling as Brightline’s green train heads south after just departing West Palm Beach bound for Miami.

OCS making its second visit to Taft Yard since being repainted. Naturally, the effort to do so has questions circulating. Even passing commuter trains remarked on the sight.

OCS heads down the Bypass towards the Yeoman Yard office where passengers will disembark, while the train will continue a short distance southward to Rockport to turn back north. On return, it wi... (more)

Delmarva Central Railroad's lesser photographed DO-1 (Dover to Middletown) local pauses for a brief moment on the MDDE (Maryland & Delaware Railroad) interchange at Townsend, DE.

The OCS has detrained passengers at the yard office on the "Bypass" in Yeoman and is continuing a short distance south on the main to turn the entire train. Upon return, they will shuff... (more)

The End Of The End. For the first time in many years, a train traveled down the former Erie Railroad to Van Etten Road in Persia, New York on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Former Erie Railroad S... (more)

Back On The Road. Buffalo Southern 93 (Ex-South Buffalo, S4, 1951) has been recently reactivated and added to the railroad's fleet. The perfect job for this veteran switcher came around on ... (more)

The MSRW crew stayed in Amory this hot, humid Monday, but switching the tie yard and getting ready for tomorrow's trip to Fulton has taken pretty much all day. GP7R 102 started out on C&NW in 195... (more)

So...here's where property lines get tricky. CFRC maintains & operates the double track mainline in Taft, but CSXT maintains & operates the yard leads and adjoined yard on either side of it, in e... (more)

A very interesting unit with a great history and a beautiful improvised paint scheme is transiting a rare straight stretch with the southbound Santa Train on a cold day. We hope to see it again s... (more)