UP special Schnabel Car move from Houston to west Texas.

An empty for the Minntac Mine near Iron Mountain is in the siding at Biwabik to meet a loaded rock train that just came out of the Minntac Mine. The rock trains are seasonal trains on the Iron Ran... (more)

Loading the ferry Viking using modified idler flat cars with handrails and footboards.

Three empty coal trains file into the leads at Converse Junction, Wyoming, as a loaded train slowly creeps by in the background. These multiple tracks are the leads into busy Antelope Mine. The ra... (more)

The regular assigned switch power at the Comandau Incline shuffles some empty log bogies. The Covasna-Comandau line, a 19th century logging railroading relic lasted but a few months after this ph... (more)

Feeding the movie star. Railtown Fireman Stephanie Tadlock swings the fueling boom into place over the oil tank in the tender of movie star locomotive Sierra #3. Although she was built as ... (more)

Schnabel Car with minor damage from a trestle side swipe. Train is stopped waiting for a UP inspection team to inspect the damage.

Few of todays' railfans know the amazing fact that from the 1900 to 1960, the mighty Southern Pacific ran a 3 foot narrow gauge railroad in the Owens Valley of California. Stock Car 163, built be... (more)

After many years of hard service, a ragged looking Rio Grande covered hopper continues to soldier on in service for the Union Pacific. With paint eroding and ghosted logos, DRGW #10028 heads Nort... (more)

Been there, done that, seen it all, and still rolling...

How tomorrow moves….Coils
One of the newest pieces of equipment built by Trinity Industries in 2012 is the 42’ Coil Car. This new rolling stock asset for CSX follows the current t... (more)

Three deuces lead a 139 car #482 past BNSF's Northtown Yard on a beautiful Spring morning.

Now that's what I call a Tank Car

How Tomorrow Moves…Kias
A brand new auto rack built for CSX in Feb. 2013 easily stands out amongst the crowd of others as it travels in the middle of today’s Q220 auto train. Ext... (more)

Finished for the day, CN 1501 is tied down in Hamilton Yard for the night. The Skyway is in the background as is Algoma Quebecois docked at a pier. Also note the damaged autorack in the yard.