An empty BHP iron ore train has just left Garden, next location south is Shaw. Trains on the BHP operate as; 2 x SD70ACe 135 wagons (single sets, not married pairs like on Rio) 2 x SD70ACe 135 Wag... (more)

A Rare FM H20-44 # 408 rests Deep inside the tight confines of the Southwest Portland cement Plant In Victorville in the summer of 1975. Photo Taken with permission

LIRC 2301, in a PRR-inspired color scheme, spots cars inside WestRock on the Columbus Industrial Lead.

The Mallet 442-54 is leaving the port of Massawa with a freight train to Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. Massawa is located on the Red Sea. The city was the capital of the Italian colony of ... (more)

LIRC 2301 backs its train onto the branch that leads to Camp Atterbury. The connection from the main to the branch goes right through the Kokomo Grain in Edinburgh.

Conrail’s Saucon Drill works the Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England interchange in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An ore train rolls past on the North Penn branch.

NR15-NR93 and NR18 in Indian Pacific livery rest at the provisioning centre at North Dynon.

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie acquired four ex-Rock Island GP38-2's nos.4352-4355 . P&LE 2057 is still in The Rock's paint scheme at Youngstown, Ohio in May 1982.

Backshops

EMD GT26CW No. 60-549 undergoes a heavy overhaul while the boys select from the stockpile traction motors and trucks for another locomotive. Trade embargoes have mad... (more)

The waiting game for a pair of electric-powered 3'6" gauge (1067 mm) trains - one operated by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and the other by line owner, Aurizon. Both railroads have ... (more)

MILW SW1200 no. 630 switches cars on and off a barge at Seattle's waterfront in December 1978. Barge service here reached North Vancouver, as well as Puget Sound industries at Pt. Townsend, Pt. Ga... (more)

The overnight freighter from West Kalgoorlie is on approach to Kwinana yard behind LZ3117 & LZ3109. These two locomotives and all the remaining active members of its class are expected to be stowe... (more)

The first movement of the Chessie Steam Special, a ferry move to Philadelphia and Baltimore, has come to a halt in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. If I recall correctly, the 2101 had an overheated ... (more)

Industrial Monster TAKRAF ERS-710 is a crawler excavator with superstructure - a real iron monster, with a height of 6-storey house! The German company TAKRAF in Leipzig, speciali... (more)