The GLLX 4428 gets a new Generator. In this photo the Auxiliary Generator is being placed. The former GTW 4428, Originally the GTW 1752 is getting a new life working between Hartford and Lawrence,... (more)

The GLLX 4428 gets a new Generator. The former GTW 4428, Originally the GTW 1752 is getting a new life working between Hartford and Lawrence, Michigan. Biult in 1954 this old girl will still earn... (more)

The DT&I X 717 Wagon Top Box Car is one the Last surviving pieces of DT&I rolling stock to exist. This car is especially rare because of the Wagon Top Design. Built By Bethlehem Steel in 1937 t... (more)

Bad day at Broomfield, freight and passenger train collision in September 1958 involving CB&Q EMD E7 number 9936B and CB&Q EMD F3 number 700D. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

I don't know how long this freight car has been stranded there, but I'm sure it could tell us quite a story about what's been going on along the line since its installation in this place

Somebody Save Me. Former New York Central "T Motor" T-3a 278 (Alco, GE 1913-1926) and "S Motor" S-1 100 (Alco/GE, 1904) sit in Glenmont, New York on Sunday, March 19, 20... (more)

Looking forlorn at the shops, this unit was later painted up and kept going. I wonder why they chose that old-style headlight in the era of sealed beams. Lots of 32 volt bulbs on hand I guess, L... (more)

DENVER CO Oct 4 1983 — BN GP20 2021 awaits its fate. The unit is former Great Northern 2021 (b/n 26289). It was delivered in November 1960. BN retired it in November 1981. My photo.

I found this former C&O passenger car, that had been converted for Maintenance of Way use, rusting away in the weeds at the east end of Hinton Yard.

Bare metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wi... (more)

End of the line for former Norfolk & Western SD45 1774. Sitting on a radial turntable track at Shaffers Crossing, the unit has been stripped of usable parts and awaits a trip to the scrap yard. Be... (more)

I've been seeing a lot of great shots of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad 367 by Tracey Green, Travis Mackey and others that it reminded me I had shot it before, too. On a dreary day in 2013, I shot... (more)

The South Carolina Railroad Museum in 2005 dug this old American Locomotive Company (Alco) crane out of the woods on part of the unused portion of their tracks back in 2005. She now sits on displa... (more)

Diesel scrap and a little red boat...N&W GP9 743 and 797 are well on their way to oblivion in this shot of Cycle Systems Scrap Yard.

I found a vintage Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad EMD SD7 on the Hartwell Railroad back in 2005. It was still being used at the time but is stored derelict in Airline, Georgia as of 2022. It was bui... (more)