One of CN's distributed braking cars brings up the tailend of 316X. These boxcars (purchased from CP, coming from the BN) have an air compressor to maintain air pressure on long trains during cold... (more)
I Waited All Morning for a Train at Ken's Crossing, and All I have to Show for it is a Picture of this Truck! - A contractor for BNSF sprays salt solution on the tracks and ballast to me... (more)
During the Second World War, the U. S. government had Pullman construct a large fleet of troop sleepers. After the war, surplus cars were purchased by several railroads and converted to various us... (more)
How Tomorrow Moves...Snow. Or so says this CSX flanger. Flangers like this one have been the primary means for snow fighting on this ex Conrail line between Boston and Selkirk since this series of... (more)
All that remains of Union Pacific SD-24B sits in a Santa Fe gondola along with other locomotive parts. Damaged Santa Fe 5609 and an Amtrak locomotive sit on the track next to the Santa Fe locomot... (more)