The power for CP transfer job G41 (CP Bensenville to UP Proviso) sits after a manned Canadian Pacific switching job crashed into them. Once crews removed the cars that piled onto the 1885, the dam... (more)

Ex conrail 8635 rests behind a facility she serves in northeast Philadelphia, where the locomotive has seen service for many years. the locomotive still regularly comes to life to service local fa... (more)

A trio of MILW coal hoppers derailed while pulling into the east end of the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Contractors with side booms are on site in front of the shuttered Stewart Avenue tower working ... (more)

Once a railroad town…
Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy div... (more)

47096 and a sister loco await the cutter`s torch at Booths scrap-yard in 1998.

A quartet of former Reserve Mining SD9 locomotives sit in storage on the Escanaba & Lake Superior at Escanaba, MI in the company of a couple of baldwin roadswitchers. It does not appear they will ... (more)

An assortment of power sits at NRE Dixmoor waiting for an unknown future.

The cabs of a recently scrapped class 47 share company with some London Underground cars awaiting a similar fate. Seen at Booths yard in Rotherham in 1998.

Sitting in the backshop of Santa Fe’s San Bernardino Shops are half of the railroad’s TR4 "cow and calf" sets: TR4A 1418L and TR4B 1418A. Having worked most of their lives in Argen... (more)

On the way to Winterail 1994, we caught a California Northern train switching in Williams, California. Once upon a time, Giant Orange stands like the one in the foreground could be found along hi... (more)

"Nesquehoning Derailment"

The Reading & Northern North Reading Fast Freight derailed while passing thru the town of Nesquehonning this evening on the way to Pittston.. Numerous cars... (more)

"Remains of the L&I SW" The remains of Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321 sit in a pile at Gershow Recycling in Brooklyn as a Canarsie bound "L" train passes ab... (more)

"Best Way to Remove the Engine Block?" The team of 3 Gershow Recycling employees who were tasked with scrapping Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321 discuss the best way to... (more)

"Scrapping the Cab" One of Gershow Recycling's excavators equipped with a hydraulic shear continues to rip apart Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321. About 45 minutes late... (more)

"The First Bite" One of Gershow Recycling's excavators equipped with a hydraulic shear takes it's "first bite" from Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321, beginning the scrapping proc... (more)