The nations last true carfloat operation, NYNJ Rail running the 2nd float of the day, half loaded back to Greenville.

Two Gensets do their thing and the UP office car train lays over in the yard for the winter.

Heavy Stuff

With the sprawling General Electric complex in Schenectady as a major on-line shipper, the Delaware & Hudson had to maintain a fleet of special-use flat cars. That flee... (more)

The ArcelorMittal Quebec Cartier Mining Corp. runs a weekly passenger train from Port Cartier to Mount Wright, Quebec, servicing all of the online camps and the Fire Lake raw ore mine as well as t... (more)

A 220-car empty northbound ArcelorMittal Quebec Cartier Mining Company Railway train is seen at Mile 31 of the railway's Southern Subdivision on the way north to Mount Wright for another load of p... (more)

A seldom seen view inside the tight confines of the rotary dumping shed at the large MERC coal dock in Superior as a BNSF coal train from the Powder River Basin is unloaded.

All is silent on the Gunnison Line... The Denver & Rio Grande Western stretched westward toward the booming gold mines of the mighty west bound for mines near Crested Butte and points west... (more)

This old Pennsylvania Railroad bridge has seen a lot of different equipment in its life. I'm not aware of another on the NEC with PRR markings visible like this.

2038 and two sisters in for some TLC.

Seen here just west of Fredericks Hall Road Crossing, CSX 3181 west hit an empty logging truck around 16:00 today. All people involved are fine, and the driver went for the ride of a lifetime befo... (more)

Carrying a Torch for Utah

After participating in the Olympic Torch Relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the Union Pacific refurbished their "cauldron car" for use ... (more)

The K5LA horns on Amtrak ACS-64 Sprinters feature conical debris filters and heated back caps to prevent failure in the winter. Pretty tricked out!

What a Recession Looks Like

A visit to Southern Pacific's primary yard and shop complex in Los Angeles, Taylor Yard (located just north of downtown), during the 1973-1975 recessi... (more)

With the "hood popped" we get a view of the inside of the prime mover.

It appears one of the locomotives in the 1st swing help has developed teething problems on the 3% above Pando. Two crew members have the doors open trouble shooting a problem on the second motor. ... (more)