In the years before LED displays, the Rock Island used these low-tech tail signs hung on the rear car to help commuters identify their trains at Chicago's La Salle Street station.
Deadline - The Pan Am Railways Waterville Yard and the Deadline are shown in the photograph, as many engines are seen rotting away as the days go on. Engines such as high hood GP40’s, SD40-2’s... (more)
The 1909 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Lamy, New Mexico proudly stands today and serves the daily Amtrak Southwest Chief. The Santa Fe Southern Railway, mostly inactive since 20... (more)
Taking cover. The Pikes Peak Cog Railway is in hibernation on Monday, August 31, 2020. As of February 2019, service on the railroad was temporarily suspended while a major rebuild is commenced. It... (more)
A Wisconsin Central welder has just lit off a thermite weld pot on the WC main line at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. A one-time-use form is attached to the rails surrounding the join... (more)