No HEP (head-end power 480-v.) here in GN’s Seattle coach yard where the cars are hooked to ground steam on rainy April 9, 1970 The Big Sky Blue didn’t last long as the merger creating Burlin... (more)

Salvage company Carney & Hancock workers transload a damaged FGDA covered hopper, moving the corn from the railcar to truck. This was in RI's Short Line Yard in Des Moines, IA back in the summer ... (more)

A veteran Fruit Growers Express boxcar now finds itself storing miscellaneous yard materials instead of hauling fruit these days. While the paint scheme is still holding up fairly well, a new add... (more)

Employee owned - and stranded in Bedford. AEX 19052 (an ex-C&NW car) and 7 other cars have been stuck at the end of MMA's Stanbridge sub for about a year. They were for the Graymont ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight trailed by two cabooses slinks around the curves through the Badlands west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on July 27, 1992.

Having visited a car repair shop somewhere along the system recently, this aggregate hopper stands out from its neighbors with a fresh coat of paint. But what’s really surprising and noteworthy... (more)

Ex-Greenwich & Johnsonville engine 4116 sits out behind the shops and office of the Batten Kill Railroad. The Batten Kill has received are number of these COVX spines and are storing them between ... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

A former Grainbelt covered hopper damaged in a derailment several years ago now serves as an overhead feed bin on a farm West of Ringwood, OK. A closer inspection of what seems to be an otherwis... (more)

An old outside-braced wooden CP box car cut down for higher-class idler service, one of a few used for reaching cars on or off ferries at Nanaimo, B.C.

This crew worked most of the morning to re-rail two hoppers that jumped the track at the wye on the east side of Johnstown. The cars were moving slowly so no damage, although that lean was enough... (more)

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)

QNSL 310 has passed and the remainder of the rail train winds north along the Moisie River gorge.

Northern Pacific RBL 50-foot boxcar No. 98333 sits in the yard at Yakima, Washington, on May 31, 2008. Built in August 1961, the car was white-lined and obviously used by the Burlington Northern i... (more)

Once a number belonging to a F40, AMTK 203 leads The Capitol Limited up CSX's Sand Patch Grade on a beautiful winter morning.