Employee owned - and stranded in Bedford. AEX 19052 (an ex-C&NW car) and 7 other cars have been stuck at the end of MMA's Stanbridge sub for about a year. They were for the Graymont ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight trailed by two cabooses slinks around the curves through the Badlands west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on July 27, 1992.

Having visited a car repair shop somewhere along the system recently, this aggregate hopper stands out from its neighbors with a fresh coat of paint. But what’s really surprising and noteworthy... (more)

Ex-Greenwich & Johnsonville engine 4116 sits out behind the shops and office of the Batten Kill Railroad. The Batten Kill has received are number of these COVX spines and are storing them between ... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

A former Grainbelt covered hopper damaged in a derailment several years ago now serves as an overhead feed bin on a farm West of Ringwood, OK. A closer inspection of what seems to be an otherwis... (more)

An old outside-braced wooden CP box car cut down for higher-class idler service, one of a few used for reaching cars on or off ferries at Nanaimo, B.C.

This crew worked most of the morning to re-rail two hoppers that jumped the track at the wye on the east side of Johnstown. The cars were moving slowly so no damage, although that lean was enough... (more)

Wiiiiiide load! CN 527 is about to pass a clear signal with a Heavy Axle Load. Never seen that car before. The car is numbered HQEX 01. On the car, you can see a Francis turbine for ... (more)

QNSL 310 has passed and the remainder of the rail train winds north along the Moisie River gorge.

Northern Pacific RBL 50-foot boxcar No. 98333 sits in the yard at Yakima, Washington, on May 31, 2008. Built in August 1961, the car was white-lined and obviously used by the Burlington Northern i... (more)

Once a number belonging to a F40, AMTK 203 leads The Capitol Limited up CSX's Sand Patch Grade on a beautiful winter morning.

GCK 154 waiting on restoration, along with WMRY 303 and 25 hibernate on this cold day at the Dawson siding with some rolling stock.

Scenes like this were all too common in the late 1980s and 1990s as railroads replaced their caboose fleets with end-of-train devices. Most of this gathering would be sold with a few being donated... (more)

A cut of pristine Fruit Growers Express reefers is sorted out on the hump at Potomac Yard. It appears they were in the consist of a hot TOFC train. FGEX had their corporate HQ in Alexandria at t... (more)