One of the neat things about work trains in the 1980's was the variety of old freight cars you could see with them, such as this Soo Line outside braced wood boxcar at Shops yard in 1983

Southern Railway caboose X458 gets a new lease on life and is being loaded up for the journey to her new home.

All is silent on the Gunnison Line... The Denver & Rio Grande Western stretched westward toward the booming gold mines of the mighty west bound for mines near Crested Butte and points west... (more)

Carrying a Torch for Utah

After participating in the Olympic Torch Relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the Union Pacific refurbished their "cauldron car" for use ... (more)

Now owned by the Pee Dee River Railway, this classic Seattle & North Coast boxcar is living out its years in the rural countryside of Marlboro County, SC.

I spotted this classic Rio Grande covered hopper on a Union Pacific North Platte to Roper manifest freight in Salt Lake City on July 19, 2016. The D&RGW 15516 is a center flow design from an orde... (more)

Not your Father's Scale Test Car
Wearing the eye catching orange paint typically found in MoW cars, this former Pullman Standard 4 bay covered hopper has been reclassified to another ... (more)

This is one of the few series of cars that saw some Southern Pacific new image paint applied. This car was seen in its fresh coat waiting for helpers to take it over Tennessee Pass.

Well... I know this is vandalism, but whoever painted this has talent. They could definitely use their gift in other ways to express themselves but it is eye-catching. It had to take a long time ... (more)

REFER MADNESS! A string of brand new refrigerated cars make their maiden voyage to Albina Yard on the daily Lake Yard transfer. These Gunderson made cars were built right across the street from La... (more)

Heavy load. 16-axle car KRL 164000 is the third car on a CSXT local which is entering its terminus of Beauharnois (led by CSXT 6148). This elongated car is carrying what must be a very heav... (more)

On the old Hartwell Railroad right of way just outside of downtown Hartwell, Georgia, we see an old Central of Georgia caboose along with an old HRT passenger car rotting away in the woods.

Off in the woods in the historic town of Hartwell, Georgia, an old Central of Georgia Railway caboose sits with former Hartwell Railroad 101, an excursion passenger car, on a quiet January night i... (more)

Along what used to be the original Hartwell line that ran from Bowersville to Hartwell, we see remains of Hartwell's history rotting away in the weeds in Airline, Ga. This is a former Lackawanna c... (more)

On a cool night, shortly after the swing of the new year, cars from the days of the old Hartwell-Bowersville steam excursions sit in the weeds just outside of Hartwell. HRT 101, pictured here, and... (more)