What you can't see in this shot is the wheel slip going on here as this little Trackmobile comes up on a switch covered in ice.

A worn but original Illinois Central Gulf 86 foot autoparts boxcar sits in a Westbound manifest awaiting a 4-way meet at the McWillie siding. Changes in the auto industry have led to a loss of ma... (more)

Less their trucks, BNSF 9735 and TFM 1623 (another SD70MAC) have been loaded onto a pair of heavyweight flatcars. Following a wreck in Keithville, Louisiana (Dec. 2013), five locomotives (includ... (more)

A unique load spotted in the Denver Yard was this brand new Caterpillar scraper.

A one-of-a-kind Make A Wish GATX/Potash Corp. hopper car is on train 435 at Aldershot.

Wiiiiiide load! CN 527 is about to pass a clear signal with a Heavy Axle Load. Never seen that car before. The car is numbered HQEX 01. On the car, you can see a Francis turbine for ... (more)

RIP Huell Howser - The rail line through the Carrizo Gorge was constructed starting in 1906 and it opened in 1919. Here, an old Santa Fe hopper stands on a siding at Goat Canyon next to ... (more)

A former Chicago and North Western covered hopper gets a fresh coat of light gray paint (used on Union Pacific covered hoppers) in the paint building at the UP’s De Soto, Missouri, car shops on ... (more)

One of two, 40' Boxcars sit in a pasture on the East side of town. I'm assuming they are former grain service boxes, but I am not certain.

A patched ex-Amtrak roadrailer trailer earns its revenue almost a decade after being taken over by Triple Crown.

A BNSF Frisco Heritage Covered Hopper rolls WB out of Selkirk Yard on an empty grain train.

Red gold
Labeled as calcine or iron oxide, this byproduct from the heydays of smelting at Copperhill, Tennessee has now found new way to get to metal producers overseas; that is by usi... (more)

Domestic containers from JB Hunt and Schneider make up most of the double stacks on the Denver, CO to Chicago, IL Z-Train at Barr, CO. January 02, 2014.

Union Pacific Mi-Jack No. 91004 smoothly loads the last Pacer Stacktrain container onto a long string of well cars at Joliet Intermodal Terminal (also known as Global IV) at Joliet, Illinois, on t... (more)