Locomotive Graveyard. This was a wild scene not many get to witness. It reminded me of the part in Lion King where Simba and Nala wander off to the elephant grave yard. Carcasses of locom... (more)

TOAST! These former Amtrak AEM-7s were seen at the scrap yard, having been reduced into massive hunks of metal before being turned into razor blades.

On October 11th CSX train Q581 encountered torrential rain and washed out track at Lilburn, GA as the remnants of Hurricane Delta passed through the region. Both of the lead locomotives of the tra... (more)

NS SD60E 6997 is seen at Atlanta, Georgia after being placed back in it's vertical position. The motor had been involved in a unfortunate rear end collision within the previous week where it was r... (more)

Rare Rio Grande boxcar
On September 26, 2020, Denver & Rio Grande Western boxcar No. AX-60080 sits in the yard at Phippsburg, Colorado, located on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande Cra... (more)

A pair of former Pennsy EMDs fell victim to a fire at the IHB's service track and are awaiting movement to the Juniata shops. Tom Golden photo.

A look at the NRE in Silvis, IL shows just a small percentage of the engines they have waiting for their demise. It's hard to imagine the thousands of crews who have spent hours upon hours inside ... (more)

Be Specific—ship “Union Pacific”
A lone horse pretty much ignores an eastbound Union Pacific stack train as it speeds through Pixley, Wyoming, on the railroad’s Pocatello Subdiv... (more)

One of the many locomotives at NRE Silvis is Metra E8A #521. The engine was originally built for the C&NW in 1951. After being used in commuter service for RTA and eventually Metra, the unit was s... (more)

Dozens of old locomotives sit unused at the east end of National Railway Equipment’s Silvis facility.

Older EMD and GE locomotives sit at the east end of NRE’s Silvis facility. The units labeled “Lewis” are sadly destined for scrap.

Three rows of engines sit at National Railway Equipment in Silvis, IL. With the facility closing, some of these locomotives will likely be scrapped sometime in the near future.

585 with 3 vintage locomotives in tow

All but forgotten: MWRC #1 "Mt. Washington". Tucked away behind the engine shed at the Cog Railway's shop complex sits an old soldier that has long since been put out to pasture. ... (more)

CWRC 728 (ex-MILW) faces a dismal fate as is sits at the makeshift CWRC engine facility just west of Waukesha, WI in November of 1983.