While driving in an area without any railroad tracks for 30 miles or so, the last thing I expected to see was a boxcar. To my surprise, an old Bay Line car served as a bridge to a camp next to th... (more)

Due to excessive leaks, freezing, etc. BN utilized these converted boxcars, fitted out with Diesel engines and air compressors. Used in the winter, they maintained trainline pressure on long cons... (more)

GE ES44AC demonstrator 2010 is on the point of a test train at GE Transportation, a Wabtec Company's Erie Plant test track. The train is crossing over Sixmile Creek with two GE modernization units... (more)

Power line up at the NYS&W's Ridgefield Park, N.J. engine terminal, as viewed from the sidewalk alongside U.S. Route 46.

Stars and Stripes down Main Street. After nearly two months since the debut, I finally managed to catch a freight with Grenada Rail’s new paint scheme. It looks great. Here 8332 leads a northbou... (more)

Drone Shot at Long Creek Bridge of the south bound Grenada RY Road Train lead by Rail USA newly painted Engs, #8148 SD40-2 & #3832 GP38-2

From the Amtrak Historical Society website: "Less well-known (then the X995) is X996, known at the time as the "French Fry". This locomotive's 1977 visit to the United States was m... (more)

The early morning sun rises on a plethora of stored locomotives in the West Yard.

The Pride of Pensacola, SLSF 1355, stands proudly in one of the main streets in what appears to be a new coat of paint. 1355 was originally a 2-8-0 built by Alco in 1912. She was one of seven SLSF... (more)

The short 30' McCloud Caboose still sits in front of some chip cars.

Despite its name, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago is a special-purpose state-operated district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois, since 1889. The MWRD's main pu... (more)

The Kentucky Steam Heritage Highball heads past a small barn in Nelsonville.

BNSF 2735 with a short MOW train at Spokane.

M&E SW1500 20 is switching Alstom, at the M&E Morristown shop complex. In view is Metro North GP40FH-2 4191 and NJ Transit GP40PH-2 4106. Both are receiving Positive Train Control equipment, being... (more)

A former Natchez Railway, now GMTX GP38-2 2147 leads Vermont Rail Systems bi-weekly Dinner Train, by the now defunct Charlotte Commuter Station.