Port of Tillamook Bay revisited. Nearly a decade after the washouts that severed the lines connection out of Tillamook, former SP 5418 shows its SP heritage as the POTB plain peels.

In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles of track west of Miles City Montana. The abandonment of the “Pacific... (more)

In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles of track west of Miles City Montana. The abandonment of the “Pacific... (more)

Where once the Colorado Eagle sailed westward to the Rockies and Missouri Pacific freight trains rumbled to and from Pueblo interchanging tonnage with the Rio Grande is now a rusting and forlorn a... (more)

Northern Pacific's original mainline went up and over Mullan Pass to cross the Continental Divide. Evidence of the original line abounds with remnants of old trestles hiding in the trees. One can ... (more)

Languishing in the woods waiting for CSX and a trip to Larry's 7 months after shut down.

Left to rot until being scrapped on site in 2014.

Rusting in Place

A Southern Railway whistle sign stands at a tilt waiting for another train that will never come to blow by it on the SB line.

From an era gone bye the east coast largest hump yard in the 40s run bye the new haven railroad at cedar hill. In this photo you can still see the hump and some of the old rail that was left beh... (more)

The Missouri Pacific Colorado Eagle streamlined passenger train used to split these signals at lightning speed 812.0 miles west of St. Louis. On the unused Pueblo Line today, which was known as th... (more)

In 1897, the Carolina & North-Western railway acquired a narrow gauge line from the Kings Mountain Railroad from Chester to Boiling Green, South Carolina. The line was then converted to standard g... (more)

On a rather gloomy Sunday afternoon, APRR 13 sits lifeless awaiting it's fate on the storage siding like the building next to it. Usually when the engines sit here for long periods of time like th... (more)

The Kansas City Southern Belle moves south out of Kansas City on the Pittsburg Sub at South Blue Valley. The train is about to pass under the old Rock Island Bridge. The train is taking executives... (more)

Diamond no more
An eastbound Keokuk Junction Railway freight passes the former crossing of the Burlington Northern/BNSF Lewistown Subdivision (running from Yates City to Vermont, Illino... (more)