No HEP (head-end power 480-v.) here in GN’s Seattle coach yard where the cars are hooked to ground steam on rainy April 9, 1970 The Big Sky Blue didn’t last long as the merger creating Burlin... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 4141 sits in repose at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 8, 2014. UP SD70M No. 5058 waits its turn in the shop a few tracks over. No... (more)

A friend who is a Simpson RR employee gained permission to conduct a special trip for a small group of rail enthusiasts, running up the railroad to Mill 5 and back in one of the speeders last Satu... (more)

Did you know that Delaware has a higher percentage of farmlands (40% of total land) than any other East Coast state? Here grain elevators stand high above the fertile plains of the Delmarva Penin... (more)

Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum's own #7 idles at the station. Thanks goes to Josh Scott for making this event possible.

Amtrak P448 Is Running About A Hour And A Half late After Hitting A Tree Somewhere Up The Line, Did Some Damage To The Leader A Broken Ditch Light And A Huge Branch Stuck On The Front Of The Train... (more)

Between runs the Fireman feels each bearing with his hand for any unwanted heat and lubricates critical surfaces. This man machine relationship is what keeps these vintage locomotives operating we... (more)

Tunnel 9 - Construction started in 1906 and the line opened in 1919 (most of the rail in the gorge dates from 1914 – 1915). The original money to build the line was surreptitiously sup... (more)

A different view - from within the nose of Grafton & Upton Railroad F7A #1501 as #1751 cuts away. Taken with permission.

A unique load on the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Porter Line in 1977. The placard reads "Do Not Hump".

Salvage company Carney & Hancock workers transload a damaged FGDA covered hopper, moving the corn from the railcar to truck. This was in RI's Short Line Yard in Des Moines, IA back in the summer ... (more)

The cab of a former Union Pacific SD90MAC sits at Mid America Car.

NS 3505's 81" EMD cab has been removed. This ex Milwaukee Road SD40-2 (MILW 200) will soon receive a new Admiral Cab and a fresh paint job. Monticello's Wabash 1189 sits outside on shop truck... (more)

Iowa Pacific's excursion train that ran from Chicago Union Station to Edgerton on June 20, 2014 sits in the siding awaiting tomorrow's trip at Edgerton, WI, as the sunsets on a beautiful day.

NS 3502 and 3504 await Admirial Cab conversions. Although the units being bought from Helm Leasing last year, These units having only 81' Noses, are slated to get cut down and the NS designed admi... (more)