At dawn, a manned helper set of SD40E's pops out of the New Portage Tunnel and heads down "The Slide" on the journey back to Altoona to help another train up the mountain. This is the steepest gra... (more)
Talk about lost, A crew member stops a hi railer and asks for directions west as this BNSF AC motor is a rare sight and far from home along the NS Pokey Division.
I want to inform you all, friends of Railnet, about some picutures realized
by a solder German photographer: Walter Hollnagel. During German occupation in Italy he supplied documents about americ... (more)
The locomotive line has increased since last time I was at Donkey Creek Yard in Rozet, Wyoming a couple years ago. Located on the north end of the Powder River Basin, hundreds of locomotives are b... (more)