On a now dormant spur, we find a transition joint that bridges the gap between 100lb rail and ancient 80lb rail. This spur once ran to the Whigham depot and freight station. Both passengers and ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's newest maintenance of way equipment, NS 992800 and 992801, rest for the weekend with the R3 rail train in the house track at Orangeburg, South Carolina. Now considered "on-... (more)

A birds eye view of a CPKC grain train wrapping around Bartlett Grain in Jacksonville being slowly loaded while someone gets a talking to from the Illinois State Police down below.

remains of NS 6749 at a scrap yard.

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

Lighting Stripes, Big City. On the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2024, MTA Metro-North Railroad Train 855 was flying up the Park Avenue viaduct as it approached the Harlem-125 Street Sta... (more)

The Amtrak Pennsylvanian heads west through Cresson while one of the railfans (a common species in this area) looks at whatever it was that kicked up all that dust.

One of Missouri Pacific's most bizarre purchases was the acquisition of four A-B-A sets of Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 in the Babyface style carbody in late 1948. The units would not m-u with other powe... (more)

Five GP's are in charge of a manifest in the Price River Canyon. GP40-2's, a GP40, and GP35 brings up the rear. D&RGW 3120, 3095, 3089, 3119, 3047 at Kyune, Utah.

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

Lehigh Valley Alco PA-1 604 leads the New York City to Coxton, PA the daily passenger train "The John Wilkes" at Bethlehem, PA on July 05, 1950. The John Wilkes lasted until Februar... (more)

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

The yard at the GM assembly plant looks like geometric artwork while NS 1651 and her sister unit idle away the morning at the yard office.

Western Maryland, WM, BL2 82, on the West Virginia Central at Elkins, West Virginia. April 21, 2004. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

Grounded! These units were embargoed while everybody decided the safety modifications needed to make them compliant with local regulations. Not carried on the Railpower catalog, the "DF&quo... (more)