While the Trains Magazine photoshoot was primarily about #81, we did get a chance to get a look at #40 in the shop, currently down for its FRA mandated "1472" inspection. Here we see a member of ... (more)
Just For Show. No actual flat cars were harmed during this demonstration at the night shoot at Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, Connecticut on Saturday, October 2, 2021.
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)
A slight sprinkle of rain falls as Loram grinds away sending sparks flying off the to the side. This was the first grinding of the newly laid ribbon rail from almost a year ago on the CSX Bowline ... (more)