Eleven 40-ft. CP box cars were modified for ice breaker service and ballasted to weigh 66-tons.

Besides the BNSF Swoosh, this recently repainted nose of an EMD SD40-2 displays other new hardware the unit has received such as remote control equipment, “SmartStart” parts as well as a high-... (more)

GMD F7A(u) #9150-9179 (rebuilt 1972-1974) all retired by 1989.

Remote-controlled AS616 #367 rumbles through Ensley, AL. I believe the guy with the Ghostbusters backpack is the operator. I also think this unit was re-engined with and EMD engine. I saw one r... (more)

Derelict on display This poor old girl sits rusting away with moss growing in all the dark places in Algonquin Park's Logging Museum. Look closely and you can see a green spot on the smokeb... (more)

I'm not sure how long this bell has been painted this way. It must have been a while ago since the locomotive is sitting in a deadline, but I just never noticed it before. Happy Independence Day... (more)

An Ex Southern Pacific SD40-T2 rebuilt by Progress Rail to run in meter gauge. In Brazil, It's called "Titanic" due to the length of the platform.

It blocks the view, but it keeps the cab cool ... Rail Switching Service GP30 5001, on lease to Scoular Grain in Fremont, Nebraska (since 2002), features an unusual air conditioner location... (more)

An A-B-GP-A consist slowly unloads an ore train during the last few moments of daylight. After spending two days along this line without seeing any ore trains, our patience was finally rewarded o... (more)

An old locomotive with a long history, back in 1998 it was working for Peavey at their elevator on Connors Point in Superior, it had been converted to Remote Control and had an awkward failure, he... (more)

SNIM (Mauritania) SD70ACs #CC-122 is the first of its kind produced early this year at Progress Rail in Muncie, IN. The SNIM unit now operates in the country of Mauritania in North Africa. You w... (more)

When United States Steel ceased movement of crude ore by rail at their Minntac iron ore mine in northeastern Minnesota they sold off their large fleet of locomotives. This DM&IR train was the larg... (more)

Painted nearly the same gray as the covered hoppers it switches, this Plymouth "critter" at the South Carolina Central's yard in Floyd, South Carolina, blended into the background. One would thin... (more)

This ex-MP unit carried its house on its back. Actually that is a rock deflection. And yes, there is a place called Big Rock, not nearly so famous as that aforementioned miniscule monolith.

The returning motive power from the southbound train is pulling up the short incline beside the engine house to spend the night. That ICG-inspired warning light grafted onto the ex-SP F is a true... (more)