"Enjoying a Cigar in Front of the Boxcar"

On the evening of October 7th, 2021, a father is seen enjoying a cigar on the bed of his Ram pickup while watching his son at football pract... (more)

FP9 6540 is being prepared for the lunch train at Boone, Iowa, on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Lots to see at the Boone station, including a number of former commuter cars and cabooses fr... (more)

The West Virginia Northern was a coal hauling short line that relied on dynamic brake-equipped EMD switchers to get product from the mines to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, West Virginia. Altho... (more)

Along with the Pickens and the Norwood & St. Lawrence, the National Railway Utilization Corporation was the parent of New York short line Middletown & New Jersey. A fairly new M&NJ incentive per d... (more)

A BN caboose brings up the rear of a local as they work a spur on the former MILW Pacific Extension south of Butte.

Built by the Budd Company in 1951, Lehigh Valley No. 40 one of only two RDC-1's that the railroad owned. The RDC's were used for passenger service between Lehighton and Hazelton, PA. It later wor... (more)

Approaching Enterprise, the ASV excursion train rolls through the grass along an old Rock Island mainline.

A contracted worker is seen transferring a coal load from one hopper to another as the bad order hopper has “burst” out on the underside of the body.

The captured Krupp-built German railway gun, "Leopold," at the old US Army Ordnance Museum near Aberdeen, MD. The barrel is 283 mm (11.1") in diameter X 71 feet long, with a range of 40 miles. A... (more)

How often do you see something like this? Four wooden stock cars of Northern Pacific and CB&Q heritage form an interesting display at "1880 Town," a roadside attraction near Murdo, Sout... (more)

Richter Vinegar Corp. #20 sits in the CNW yard near the malting plant in Manitowoc, WI in November of 1964. Richter's facility was in Manitowoc. This car is now at the Green Bay RR museum. John In... (more)

The classic Red Caboose is still in service on the NS out of Battle Creek's Hinman Yard. Mostly used on B57 as a Shoving Platform for the Conductor, the caboose see's service along the line betwee... (more)

Northern Pacific Extra 7005A-West, with four F9's between Livingston and Muir a distance of 12 miles, require helpers in this area. Extra 7005A has the assistance of a pair of GP9s 272 and 300 on... (more)

Re-Lettered. The Western New York Railway Historical Society recently completed work on re-lettering their 40' Type XM boxcar at the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot in Williamsville, New ... (more)

Nine years after the FRA-mandated deadline for cars built before 1966 to have their roofwalks removed, there were still non-compliant cars in service. Here a Chesapeake & Ohio 40-foot boxcar, stil... (more)