WP&YR Railbus #5 is seen here at the Whitehorse shed. Unfortunately this engine is more more in service today on the Railway.

Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you. A Southern Railway employee tends the journal boxes prior to the departure of an early morning local freight in Knoxville. A Histo... (more)

Almost every westbound Illinois Central freight would pause in Broadview to pick up or drop off a cut of cars from the IHB interchange. That was great from my point of view because I could sit bac... (more)

MOW ballast train using solar panels to power the batteries on each car and have the amount controlled by the foreman in the truck following on the backside. Some of the batteries seem to be havi... (more)

A "Kodachrome" caboose brings up the end of a westbound under what appears to be the baleful gaze of a giant tan blob monster, in reality a sandstone rock weathered by countless generations of win... (more)

Passengers get a brief glimpse of the mountains as a late "Canadian" VIA #1 approaches Swan Landing, AB in the very last light of the day.

Treasures of the Jamestown Roundhouse: Hetch Hetchy Railbus #19 The Hetch Hetchy Railroad (HHRR) was a 68-mile, standard gauge line that operated in Northern California from 1917 to 1949 an... (more)

Looks like an ordinary caboose, right? Wrong. I'd like to recommend this to more shortlines. It's an "executive caboose", air conditioning, little bar/galley, comfy sets, the works. I'm sure ship... (more)

Chicago, Aurora & Elgin No. 320, built in 1914 by Jewett, has been restored by the Midwest Electric Railway of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Here it is leaving the main gate for a trip around the MERY lo... (more)

On the second but yet wet day of her voyage to the states, CEBX 800 with her 1.2 million lbs payload sit underneath the signal bridge at Paris Jct awaiting her night fall move to London. Photo tak... (more)

This is a study in spartan functionality and homebuilt uniqueness.

I doubt CSX has an "open door policy".

One of the first two pieces of equipment was this ex-IC caboose. These were some of my favorite cabooses. I like the "porches", the cushion underframe and the extended cupola.

It's a little chilly in south Georgia on the second day of the year as the crew stands on the back porch and the train heads for Valdosta. The railroad was owned by Owens-Illinois Paper.

The United States Army's Ft. Richardson that abuts the city of Anchorage is laced with a virtual maze of rail lines. While nearly all of them now sit unused and derelict, the miles and miles of t... (more)