Round and round
Moving at a blistering pace, intermodal train FEC 101 blasts through Favoretta with numerous types of intermodal equipment such as the articulated truck of this spine ... (more)

Don’t tread on me
The “ACF Freight Saver” cushioned center sills of two coil cars gallop along the WofA mainline as the background blurs into the rearview. The 20 inch travel c... (more)

the wheel that started it all…
Cast less than a mile away from the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, this wheel ‘with a pedigree’ as the slogan for Abex used to say still calls Cal... (more)

Self Guarded
One of the more unique style of frogs found on the railroad, the Solid Manganese Self Guarded Frog is typically seen in yards and industries where speed is 30MPH or slower... (more)

Bethlehem’s Other Beam
Known primarily for its famous wide flange beam, Bethlehem also rolled rail and a lot of it too. With the purchase of Penn Steel Co. during WWI, the newly own... (more)

Still the same
Rolled in July of 2011 and dropped off by A012 a few weeks earlier, this string of new 115 lb ra... (more)

Snap, Crackle and Pop
As the temperature drops, so does the length of rail and the above picture is usually the result. “Pull-aparts” can happen anywhere on the rail, but usually ... (more)

Full Circle
Completed wheel sets sit on the ground and await installation on coal hoppers in the back. The ground they are sitting on used to be home to the famous Abex Corporation w... (more)

At just the right moment, sunlight passes through a freight car of NS 336 as it rushes past and illuminates the 132 pound p... (more)

Steel Circle of Life
With their days of rolling along the Nation’s railroad behind them, scrap wheels of which some were cast in Calera, Alabama now find themselves at the more)

Fast Freight
Racing along the Western Railway of Alabama mainline and into Auburn at a cool 45MPH, this loaded tank car and the extended drawbar coupler of a boxcar roll past the blurr... (more)

Rocky Mountain Steel
Rolled a little over 6 years ago and only a short distance from this location, 136 pound per yard quality rail supports today’s Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: Rail
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4098
Train ID: BNSF H-DENAMS
Photo Date: September 18, 2011

138 years after the invention of the Janney coupler, two updated versions of its revolutionary design continue to keep cars connected and enhance the safety of railroading by preventing accidental... (more)

Variety
A combination of three different rail manufacturers, two US based and the other from the Tøinecké železárny – Moravia Steel Company located in the Czech Republic, all wo... (more)

Colorado Fuel & Iron
Created from the merger of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company with the Colorado Fuel Company, in 1892, CF&I was the first integrated and largest steel mill west o... (more)