End of the line for former N&W Alco C630 131. She and an unidentified sister are being cut up at Cycle Systems in Roanoke. The 3000 HP unit, built in 1966 and originally numbered 1131, spent her l... (more)

ATSF 59L Facing restorations at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas. It sits quietly on a warm spring early evening.

Sierra Railway No. 28 undergoes extensive rebuilding in the Railtown 1897 roundhouse.

Meadow River Lumber Company No. 1

Steamtown's 1910 Lima Locomotive Meadow River Lumber Company 2-Truck Shay captured rusting away at the back lot of the former DL&W shops. Looking pretty... (more)

The cab of the 4-6-2 Boston & Maine steam locomotive captured outside the shops in Steamtown catching some rays in November of 2016. Work to restore this 1934 Lima locomotive began long ago, in 1... (more)

Is this Los Angeles or San Francisco? Framed between the aging, ex-Southern Pacific Bayshore Roundhouse and the city's namesake bay, CalTrains 279 races north toward the Bayshore station and Tunne... (more)

"P&W SD70M-2 at Westchester Ave" P&W SD70M-2 #4301 leads Providence & Worcester CHFP (Cedar Hill/ Fresh Pond) stone train west past the abandoned NYW&B Westchester Ave Station on Amtrak's H... (more)

Looking for that perfect fixer-upper switcher? Look no further than Retsof, New York, where the former Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England NW2 #21 now resides as a burned out hulk of its former ... (more)

Kind of Like What Happened to "the Leader" in the Movie Sleeper...

Cotton Belt 7643 was built in January 1979 as part of an order for 30 GP40-2s. It served parent company Sou... (more)

844 and 1989 head past an old wooden UP boxcar in the edge of a wheat field with UP Train PDVCB3 24, northbound on the UP Greeley Sub. This is an equipment deadhead move from the Cheyenne Frontie... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS Sept 29 1979 -- Rock Island SW! 538 has seen better days much like its parent road. Complete shutdown of the Rock was only months away as this little switcher awaits its fate at Arm... (more)

Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, detours via Metrolink's River Subdivision and past the aging, long neglected ex-Southern Pacific turntable pit at Taylor Yard as it heads for Mojave. Once ... (more)

A Santa Fe intermodal train approaches Siberia, California, on March 7, 1995. Not much is left of the town of Siberia except for the Santa Fe station sign and this crumbling stone and concrete str... (more)

CNW 846 sure has seen better days. For years the 846's cab has sat on this locomotive body along with the cab of Midsouth 7010, tucked in the back of NRE's yard, but during the past few days NRE d... (more)

CNW 846 has seen better days, along with neighboring cab Midsouth 7010. For years these cabs have sat on this locomotive body tucked in the back of NRE's yard, but in the past few days NRE decided... (more)