UPs short lived Cima ore train is coming off the UP San Pedro branch empty headed into UP's East LA yard before leaving for Cima Hill and another load of ore.

Time to Show Off! - Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in both Anchorage and Fairbanks to show off the railroad. This year Anchorage's featured equipment displays both freight ... (more)

SD35s are eastbound meeting a westbound about to enter Allentown Yard; note the condition of the track.

Headed to switch industrial park on Montgomery's southwest side

Southern Railway U23B #3950, crossing the Western Railway of Alabama, leads Columbus, GA bound train #46 past the former Central of Georgia depot. The Agent has handed up a switch list and waybil... (more)

Eying The Competition. FRVT's crew eyeballs a trucker pulling off the scale while they climb off the loco to go about their pickup.

Richard Beal photo In your face railfanning! GP30-led NW drag roars past the old tower as the conductor readies himself to grab the orders, the engineer with his hand out just in case he misses... (more)

Crews sand No. 1800 on the head end of the Northlander at ONR's shops in North Bay. Due to a locomotive breakdown, the Northlander won't be heading down to Toronto but has been turned around to he... (more)

GMTX 2632 switches through the weeds, spotting 3 empty centerbeams. Up next, 2 cement cars for Okanagan Ready Mix, half a mile away.

Originally built for the Indiana Harbor Belt (8845) in the 1950's this switcher now moves scrap from railroad cars around the facility, most of which had shorter lives.

Midwest Steel and Alloy 1201 switches 3 scrap cars around in a junk yard as the sun burns off the morning fog. The engine was built in 1950 as IHB 8845. Check out all the employees and welders gri... (more)

About to clatter over the diamonds at Milwaukee Junction, GTW GP9 4914 (former passenger engine; note "torpedo tube" air tanks on the roof) is caught on this fine June day in 1979. What's interest... (more)

D&M RS-3u 975 works the north end of the Bay City yard.