24 hours after the accident occurred, work continues on the large task of re-railing four loaded hoppers which toppled on their side in the early morning of December 1st. Two of the four hoppers r... (more)

Southern Railway of BC didn't start the month of December well. Only minutes into Monday morning, a train departing Trapp Yard encountered a broken rail toppling four hoppers onto their side. The ... (more)

A rare treat, only for about 30 minutes a day does this old SW9 creep out of the massive paper mill in Palatka. It usually comes to the large, but near empty yard, drops off a few card, then take... (more)

RSSX 4016 at West Colton. Photo taken by UP Employee.

The Last U34CH
Morristown & Erie 17 has handed off former NJ Transit U34CH 4172 (wearing it's original EL road number 3372) to the New York & Greenwood Lake Railway at their interchang... (more)

Gavilon Fertilizer in Sauget, Illinois, switches their cars with a 1951-built SW9. Originally owned by Lehigh Valley (as their number 283), this switcher became part of the large Conrail roster w... (more)

This scene from back in the day, I am told, shows a Union RR train that has come across the river from the Duquesne works, and a PL&E train is showing back to Demmler. Thanks Steven McKay.

A pair of Baltimore & Ohio SW9s, including one lettered for the B&OCT, are returning to Barr Yard after picking up cars from the MoPac and L&N's Yard Center in Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

Must be lunch time for the crew switching grain hoppers around at the CHS Elevator in Superior, WI.

A Kentucky & Tennessee Railway Big South Fork Scenic excursion passes through the restored mining camp town of Barthell.

With a friendly wave from the engineer, a K&T Big South Fork Scenic excursion departs the yard and shop area at Stearns, headed down the hill towards their destination at the Blue Heron Mining Cam... (more)

Arkansas Louisiana & Missouri SW9 12 switches cars to make up a train in Bastrop, Louisiana, on June 1st, 1983. This engine was built for the AL&M by EMD in January 1952, and would eventually end... (more)

SRY's barge job rolls through Annacis yard towards the Annacis Rail Marine Terminal.

A rare Saturday morning barge job begins the slow and steady task of loading barge #931 at the Annacis Rail Marine Terminal. With the low tide, the tank cars have a pretty large grade to descend o... (more)

An EMD SW9 takes a break in Union Pacific's Riverdale Yard in Ogden on Feb. 27, 1977. The 1844 would be rebuilt as an SW10, released the UP 1217 on March 30, 1981.