This former B&O S-2 is still on the roster but a pair of rebuilt "hammerhead" UP EMD switchers do most of the work today at the Boise plant in Frostbite Falls.

Conrad Yelvington Alco S2 239 pulls cars through the dumper. The train came in the night before as CSX K916.

Retired Kentucky & Tennessee Railway Alco S2 #105, lettered for the K&T's Big South Fork Scenic operation, rests inside the old K&T Heavy Repair Shop at Stearns. This very shop is where K&T 12, a.... (more)

They will never turn a wheel again to make a profit for the B&O. I was told by one of the employees these Alco's both had cracked engine blocks. Noticed the bell is already missing off 9125 and c... (more)

Deep in the woods of North Central West Virginia, Old 113 trundles across the Upper Submarine Bridge East of Palace Valley. The 68 year old Alco will grab another loaded cut of hoppers at Star Br... (more)

Old 113 crosses the Left Fork of the Buckhannon River with 25 loads of coal. This short coal hauler is rarely photographed, but exceedingly interesting.

The nose of NYS&W 206 is illuminated by the headlight of a Susquehanna SD40T-2 as it performs some switching moves just west of Maywood Station. The 206 was cosmetically restored to this 1950s-er... (more)

The Ann Arbor was not the only railroad in Michigan to utilize car ferries, the Grand Trunk Western was another. Seen pulling cars from the SS Madison, 8100 works the slip in Muskegon, MI. Car fer... (more)

As Southern 4501 gets coaled out of view left, Alco S2 #2229 pulls away from the scene. The activity happens near the old Union Station, adjacent to the University of South Carolina campus.

Train faces in the snow. At Exporail on a very sunny afternoon ONR 1400 (MLW RS10), POM 1002 (MLW S2) and CN 6734 (CC&F MU car) congregate at Exporail. At far right in the background is CN ... (more)

CP Rail MLW S2 7094 and S4 7117 have ring side seats as S4 7118 brings the Canadian, featuring Laurentide Park on the rear, around the balloon track at CP's Vancouver coach yard on August 6, 1978.... (more)

Back when Montgomery had GM&O, CofG, WofA, SCL and L&N this was such a great place to watch trains. The black scheme was getting rather rare so this was a good catch.

This place seemed to be in a bit of a time warp - the ancient Alco, the brick warehouse, and the small brick depot (not pictured) which had apparently experienced a fire. As far as I can tell it ... (more)

MEC 302 and Ex RI 236 are shoved to the side at a neglected shop area on the MEC at Bangor. The boarded up Alco and the number board less U-boat that looks to have been the victim of a stack fire ... (more)

In a scenario repeated countless time in railroading they are waiting, and talking "footboard talk", 99.9% of the time about something other than their occupation. The sun is high and warm and h... (more)