Georgia Northeastern Railroad GP20 #316 shoves three loaded marble hoppers towards the switchbacks on the Marble Hill Branch which was built by the Georgia Marble Company in the late 1800's.

Before the days of PSR on CSX, one could see loads of aggregate such as sand moving on entire unit trains. The rolling stock was railroad owned and some cars even retained fallen flag paint schem... (more)

After running up to the quarry at Great Valley to pickup loaded stone cars, a quartet of EMD's lead a Buffalo & Pittsburgh stone extra southbound past the BR&P Station in Salamanca, New York.

A pair of Dash 9's sit idle at the quarry waiting for another load of rock.

UP 5490 leads the westbound Cabazon rock train thru El Casco, as the massive "Apple Fire" burns out of control in the foothills above Beaumont.

Branford Steam Railroad SW1001 7357 leads a train of loaded stone cars south at Twin Lakes Road in North Branford, heading for the dock at Juniper Point. This engine rarely left the quarry in rece... (more)

This little RR operation was amazing to watch since there's nothing quite like it around! The SW9 shoves the train, caboose first, up to the quarry, loads the hoppers, and then the locomotive lea... (more)

A trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2's make their way across Sheldon Road over NS trackage in Berea, Ohio with a long stone train in tow. This is the first run for a new customer, Shelly Material... (more)

Union Pacific's RWCWCG is regarded as the "dirt train" and runs from the Robinson Ready Mix plant in Cabazon, California to Los Angeles, California. Running daily this train consists of modified c... (more)

"Heading Back to the Main at Prima" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-70 snakes it's way back to the Long Island Rail Road Main Line after spotting stone cars on Track 1 at Prima ... (more)

Railroad Construction Company ballast train is being loaded from a temporary ramp in Flanders, N.J. Railroad Construction is currently resurfacing the former CNJ High Bridge Branch, between Flande... (more)

Nearing its destination, #49-5601 leads two cars out of the forest. My dad James (1951-2015) worked at Material Service for 30 years and spent a lot of time on and around this unit, back when it w... (more)

CSX train Q60616 glides south across the Norfolk Southern mainline in Junction City, GA, while NS train 62N performs a brake test after pulling 62 loads of rock from Junction City Mining.