As freight cars roll over the north track at East Hump, a track gang works on south track on May 3, 2011. Union Pacific’s massive North Platte Yard in Nebraska is always busy and has to keep mov... (more)

I was quite lucky to catch this. A rebuilt EMD switcher pulls a cut of cars out of the confines of the GBW Railcar facility. The SW1 style locomotive is stenciled "SW2" and does not ha... (more)

On Labor Day we honor the hard working individuals who keep America going including the hard working railroaders who brave all kinds of weather and hazardous working conditions to get the job done... (more)

The Union Pacific Railroad had all kinds of neat old equipment stored behind the UP depot in Salt Lake City. I wish I had photographed more of it, but glad I captured a few. Check out this old Gen... (more)

All Auto rack, All Orange
A brand new Multi-Max auto rack set up in the bi-level configuration and built by Gund... (more)

This kind of freight car with one eliminiated sidewal will used for transportation of recovered paper in a short distance freight train Giroux – Courpière (about 10 miles) on the private railwa... (more)

Right at sun-up, an eastbound Santa Fe pig train roars around the Allard Horseshoe as it fights the tough grade on Tehachapi's western slope. As the trailers swing past us in deep morning shadows,... (more)

Not a bad place to ride around the steel mill in the summer but not so sure I would want to be on this in January with the wind whipping down Lake Michigan.

Traveling south on the Lineville Subdivision, CSX Q647-05 goes into emergency. The conductor walks the train and finds that it has broken a knuckle. The separation accrued between the 96th and 97t... (more)

Separated from her frame, the shell of NS GP38 #2879 sits on a flat car at the Juniata Shops. See photo 542700 for a photo of her frame.

This car is noted as being the first all aluminum open top hopper built in the United States by Alcoa in 1931. It was the prototype car and is lettered Monon to reflect the heritage of the rail li... (more)

Two things Indiana is known for - corn and the Monon. Monon had a number of dual-purpose boxcars (boppers) designed with covered hopper-like loading hatches on the top for agricultural products. C... (more)

One of BNSF's "heritage fleet" of covered hoppers rests fittingly at a former Northern Pacific yard in Duluth. A number of hoppers are adorned with logos of BNSF predecessor railroads fo... (more)

In my first trip across the USA, i saw in the Horseshoe Curve the especial train of Norfolk Southern. Export GE locomotives for Transnet (South Africa) passing throught the Horseshoe Curve. More i... (more)