An assortment of power sits at NRE Dixmoor waiting for an unknown future.

The cabs of a recently scrapped class 47 share company with some London Underground cars awaiting a similar fate. Seen at Booths yard in Rotherham in 1998.

Sitting in the backshop of Santa Fe’s San Bernardino Shops are half of the railroad’s TR4 "cow and calf" sets: TR4A 1418L and TR4B 1418A. Having worked most of their lives in Argen... (more)

On the way to Winterail 1994, we caught a California Northern train switching in Williams, California. Once upon a time, Giant Orange stands like the one in the foreground could be found along hi... (more)

"Nesquehoning Derailment"

The Reading & Northern North Reading Fast Freight derailed while passing thru the town of Nesquehonning this evening on the way to Pittston.. Numerous cars... (more)

"Remains of the L&I SW" The remains of Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321 sit in a pile at Gershow Recycling in Brooklyn as a Canarsie bound "L" train passes ab... (more)

"Best Way to Remove the Engine Block?" The team of 3 Gershow Recycling employees who were tasked with scrapping Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321 discuss the best way to... (more)

"Scrapping the Cab" One of Gershow Recycling's excavators equipped with a hydraulic shear continues to rip apart Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321. About 45 minutes late... (more)

"The First Bite" One of Gershow Recycling's excavators equipped with a hydraulic shear takes it's "first bite" from Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321, beginning the scrapping proc... (more)

"Death March" Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321 begins it's short "death march" down Gershow Recycling's track just off the Bay Ridge Branch in the East New York area of Brooklyn.... (more)

The Progress Rail Services freight car repair facility in Rock Springs, Wyoming rosters SPSX 9556 as their shop switcher. This B23-7 was formerly owned by CSX and used as part of their MOW fleet t... (more)

On a gloomy Texas day BNSF ran what was dubbed a funeral train through North Texas full of retired Dash-8W's south towards their final destination of Galveston. Luck would have it that I'd stumble... (more)

Worn-out, obsolete, unneeded - all words that might accurately describe these old locomotives, as well as their dilapidated surroundings. But L&N is going to give several RS-3s (delivered in 1954... (more)

A retired Northern Pacific 40 ft. combo door boxcar serves as a storage shed on a farm/ranch near Glendive, MT. The car obviously was damaged in a derailment at some point, and I would expect acqu... (more)

For the last several years, D&R has moved unit tie trains from a treatment plant near their North Dardanelle yard to the UP interchange in Russellville. The trains, which run perhaps 15-18 times ... (more)