Built in June of 1952 the RDG 485 had bounced around a bit over its life. Currently it sits awaiting restoration to its former glory at the Reading Company Museum in Hamburg Pennsylvania.

The GTW 5854 sits by the Fuel Pad in Flat Rock Yard. Lately the 5854 has been kicking around as Yard Power at the "Level Pebble".

One Number Away. A full time resident on Huntington, WV, CO 1308 (née-Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 2-6-6-2, Baldwin, 1949) sits in a park on display on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. While CO... (more)

Caboose. Another railroad bonus was seeing the former Niagara Hobby ex-NW 518438 (painted as Erie Railroad N-3366) caboose, which was recently relocated to Hudson near a barn-style building... (more)

Ivatt 2MT 41312 pulls away from Nappers Crossing hauling 11:45 Totnes Riverside to Buckfastleigh on Monday 26th December 2022

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's former Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway GP38 #80 (named "The John A Chambliss") is parked on one leg of the wye at the museum's Grand Junction station prio... (more)

Waiting. The crew waits for the blue flag to be removed so that they can shove the cars into the IP facility.

Shoving. The crew shoves a load of cars for International Paper across the road and toward the plant facility.

Christmas on the IHB finds the IHB 3800 on a Table Lead at the Gibson Roundhouse. A bit windy and very cold today the yard was and radio was mostly quiet. Just as the 3800 was doing I found mysel... (more)

Lost Then Found. Chesapeake Western 662 (DS-4-4-660, Baldwin, 12/1946) spent its life on the CW until being retired in 1964, and was then sent to a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia to be cut... (more)

Damaged rail can be caused by flat spots on wheels and high tonnage. Defects like this one can eventually give way and cause a derailment, especially in cold weather. Railroads are usually thorou... (more)

Winter in Montana can be brutal, and during one of these bitter cold days, a Montana Rail Link section crew digs out a switch serving Thompson River Lumber before MRL’s Paradise local arrives to... (more)

STILL STANDING! Built in 1907, the Wadley Depot could use some TLC after standing for more than a century, but over all isn't a complete lost "YET"! The railroad it served was th... (more)

You never know what you will see outside the shops here. CN 700/702 are rostered as LNG fuel tenders.

Steam To Follow. Another recent addition to the SMS Lines fleet, SLRS 9 (née-USATC 4023, 0-6-0, Alco, 10/1942) has already been fired up to test its boiler. There is still cab and cosmetic... (more)