Parts of some Milwaukee Road woodchip cars, rebuilt from old rib-sided boxcars, still lives on today—donating their car sides long ago for an unique retaining wall built alongside the St. Maries... (more)

The far eastern end of the St. Maries River Railroad ends abruptly on a sweeping curve at Milltown, east of St. Maries, Idaho. This was once the main line of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extensi... (more)

Couldnt pass through the Upper Penninsula of Michigan without stopping in to check in on the Escanaa and Lake Superior's shops at Wells. Although this visit was different as I had the drone with m... (more)

Some Assembly Required: As a companion to the much rarer and more significant H-16-66 acquired by the TVRM, TVA Alco switcher #F3061 also needed to be disassembled so it could be trucked ac... (more)

Plans are taking shape for a park to built around the Bruce Mine headframe near Chisholm, MN. CN donated a quad set of cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum after one car in the pack suffered... (more)

Oops! Tow trucks are being called as the Belfast & Moosehead Lake excursion train heads towards Unity Pond, Maine. This incident was in no way caused by the train. Be careful turning around on ... (more)

"The Big Lift"

On the morning of October 9th, 2021, vintage boxcar "SHOP 100" was unloaded at its new home at the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum. In this frame, the bo... (more)

"Arrival at the Unloading Spot"

On the morning of October 9th, 2021, vintage boxcar "SHOP 100" has just arrived at the unloading spot next to its new home at the O... (more)

A side view of the electric steeplecab preserved in a park in Cornwall.

NKP 757 and 765 trade stories from days past at the Mad River & NKP RR Museum located in Bellevue, OH.

SMNR on the ex MOP at Ordway, CO.

Having rolled off the end of Pit 20, C&O 3888 is lifted back onto the track as neighbors look on and shop foreman Fred Lawyer (white hat at left) supervises. Fred was a great guy and allowed me on... (more)

Sandersville's Deepstep job finishes up with their delivery to Norfolk Southern and heads back to the shop, passing the Georgia Railroad caboose that is long past it's prime.

The tender of K163 and leading bogie of carriage 33MT after derailing on the Crib Point triangle while departing HMAS Cerberus on a heritage tour.

Visiting a freight car scrapper brings to mind the mythical elephants’ graveyard, as one is surrounded by the massive carcasses of rail cars whose useful lives have ended. Morbidly slicing them... (more)