Nice line-up of fallen flag boxcars. B&O round top, DL&W (Route of the Phoebe Snow), Great Northern, Burlington....just about as interesting as the steam engine pulling them.

One of CN's distributed braking cars brings up the tailend of 313. These boxcars (purchased from CP, coming from the BN) have an air compressor to maintain air pressure on long trains during cold ... (more)

One of CN's distributed braking cars brings up the tailend of 316X. These boxcars (purchased from CP, coming from the BN) have an air compressor to maintain air pressure on long trains during cold... (more)

DRGW 12633 rests at Granger Wyoming on a cold January Morning. This car is noteworthy for being the only DRGW hopper repainted into Southern Pacific's speed lettering paint scheme. It also has not... (more)

Helium hauler
At the Amarillo Railroad Museum, a Bureau of Mines MHAX car used to haul helium is on display. They had a capacity of 100 tons, or about 280,000 cubic feet, and carried he... (more)

During the Second World War, the U. S. government had Pullman construct a large fleet of troop sleepers. After the war, surplus cars were purchased by several railroads and converted to various us... (more)

Yard scene on an overcast day.

How Tomorrow Moves...Snow. Or so says this CSX flanger. Flangers like this one have been the primary means for snow fighting on this ex Conrail line between Boston and Selkirk since this series of... (more)

After the show. Another Nevada Northern Photo Shoot weekend is in the books. The last train has returned, most of the photographers have said their goodbyes, and the crews are in the proc... (more)

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expect to see Santa Fe hoppers that at first glance appeared to b... (more)

The Georgetown Railroad Equipment slot train is seen working at West Hartford, Vermont, cleaning up ditches and culverts as the final phase of the New England Central Railroad's ARRA High Speed Ra... (more)

The crew was working on the catenary system directly under the IHB railroad bridge but had to clear the main for an eastbound commuter train. Seen here waiting for the meet.

Two decrepit looking Presidents Conference Cars (PCC) sit at the HCRR museum's east end turn around loop, alongside TTC 4618 (not shown) which has been converted to the "East End Cafe", an ice cre... (more)

The Elgin Joliet & Eastern mainline curve is visible on the north side of this eastbound manifest.

Eastbound on the former New York Central, Chicago to Elkhart line.