Trains and trucks are both loading at the Century Mine Loadout.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Archives: Santa Fe's #1, part of the "One Spot Twins," is in charge of a westbound Super Chief as it makes a station stop at Ft. Madison.

It's not just dirty, it's Clinchfield dirty. Notice a little clean under the radiator where the crew opens the doors frequently. Anyway this unit was on SCL for some reason well before the merge... (more)

We were kinda young and certainly dumb and anything CP would have been nice but we stumbled onto this and the big question arose. "Did they have those?" Wow. One of the better "extractions" in ... (more)

It's Labor Day weekend in the states and up here it's already very chilly as this chunky little Canada-only switcher has little to do but siit and idle with that delightful Alco wheeze.

It's Labor Day weekend in the states and up here it's already very chilly as this chunky little Canada-only switcher has little to do but siit and idle with that delightful Alco wheeze.

Eastbound Ft. Dodge, IA, to Waterloo, IA, local has good roll on them as they drop downgrade into Webster City at sunrise. CN has been DP-ing the this local when tonnage is too heavy for conventio... (more)

I'm not even sure it's Washington. Nothing on the slide. Is that an enhanced cab heater or what behind the cab.

The westbound Ski Train is rounding the Big Ten curve near Rocky as the train makes the 56 miles trip out of Denver to Winter Park Resort. This train was 14 passenger cars and could transports 750... (more)

Due to a fatal automobile accident involving Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp in West Jordan, the D&RGW sought ways to increase the train's visibility. SD9 #5310 was modified to include a oscillating Gy... (more)

Sitting alongside the mains just west of the B&O Station lay new track sections of crossovers waiting to be installed. The stamp on the side indicates this section was prefabricated by Progress Ra... (more)

An old locomotive with a long history, back in 1998 it was working for Peavey at their elevator on Connors Point in Superior, it had been converted to Remote Control and had an awkward failure, he... (more)

It's September, the leaves are just beginning to show signs of fall, the temperature is moderating, the units are all dead and the place seems like everyone went home for the day, not even a press... (more)

I was fortunate to catch one of General Electric's C30-S7R leasers heading up a Union Pacific coal train west on the Provo Sub on June 28, 1991. The 3007's service life began as Milwaukee Road U30... (more)