On April 5, 1996, scrappers working near the locomotive facility at Wisconsin Central’s Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are reducing older surplus locomotives to pieces of scrap and ... (more)

Battered and Stattered. HRT 136 has battle scars all over it. It's missing a number board, missing a ditch light, one of it's windows is shattered, one of it's rear pannels is flipped upside down,... (more)

GCK 7496, Ex CSX 4621, to my knowledge is the only locomotive still wearing a YN1 paint scheme. Here it is in all it's glory, sitting in Cumberland's deadline.

HRT 136, a veteran from the RF&P railway, is seen sitting in Bowersville waiting for it's next assignment. This engine has seen some better days... It's missing a number board, missing a ditch lig... (more)

Hundreds of locomotives in the Hamlet deadlines... but one really stands out. CSX 2773, a YN2 GP38-2, sits amongst the many other retired locomotives in the deadline. This rail veteran is definite... (more)

HRT 6525, a rail veteran for the B&O railroad, remains stationary beneath overgrown trees behind a pottery shop, in very rough shape.

NS 8723 sits at Cresson Steel, along with 3 other top hats, all awaiting an uncertain future...

A quick lesson in ALCO C-415s

American Locomotive Company's C-415 roadswitchers were offered with several variations, the most noticeable were the cab heights: Southern Pacific ... (more)

This morning a number of BNSF cars derailed in the Denver Yard, falling off a bridge and into the South Platte River. The cars were empty hoppers and center beam cars so there were no issues with... (more)

After being picked up in Solvay by Finger Lakes train GS-2, AEAX 2003 (ex All Earth Rail RDC1) brings up the rear of the train as it passes another RDC stored in Martisco, NY. Finger Lakes has lea... (more)

Milwaukee Road 5056 sits along the Milwaukee, WI harbor awaiting an uncertain future in November 1991. The U25B was built in July 1965, in the later carbody style that featured a split windshield ... (more)

IC 3719, a 2-6-0, undergoes a cosmetic restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Going going...gone.

No injuries to driver or train crew; which is good, because I know the engineer personally. Glad you're ok ZM... At 10:54 CST, the H-TEAEGW 1-03A inadvertently struck a disabled three axle semi... (more)

A couple former Southern B23-7's say hello to each other in Crab Orchard, TN. The FIMX 4021 is much better off than the 3999, as the latter is now used as a parts source to keep the Lhoist North A... (more)