A Rare B&M FM P 12-42 #2 Passenger Lightweight loco sits its last days in a scrap yard in Leeds Maine

Hartwell Railroad's GRWR # 6525 is a GP9 engine that was built for the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad in 1957 by EMD. After the merger with Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railway and Western Maryland (W... (more)

CN locomotive 3009 is sitting in Goodman Street yard heavily damaged, with the cab caved in and no long hood. The locomotive is here due to a collision that happened on January 3rd, 2019, when an ... (more)

AT&SF Archaeology. Framed by the ruins of a decaying Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Section House at Willaha Siding, Grand Canyon Railway Locomotive #29 highballs north to the Grand Canyon V... (more)

Chicago great western Baldwin S12 40 sits among other retired units at a dealer in Chicago. The interesting thing about this unit is the ALCO Blunt trucks under it. I do not know why that happene... (more)

Pan AM local ED-8 switches the yard at Gardner. in the foreground is an autorack car filled with burned-out vehicles from a recent unfortunate fire. All the vehicles and the railcar are a total lo... (more)

The cab of an Amtrak F40 rests in the weeds next to its frame at Larry's Truck and Electric in McDonald, OH. Although it is sad to see so many locomotives in this state, many of their components h... (more)

The Grand Canyon Railway steam doubleheader. A close up of the 4960s crew during the reverse move into the wye to put the equipment away for the night.

With almost all railroads contracting out derailment cleanups to outfits like Hulcher and R.J. Corman, a wrecking crane is pretty much a rarity these days. On May 28, 2008, BNSF still had 250-ton ... (more)

Retired Boston & Maine/MBTA Buddliner cars sit along a siding in Lincoln, NH. Clearly, these cars have seen better days.

Shenandoah Valley 8701 sits in the scrap yard at Cresson Steel Company, its fate unknown. Photo taken with permission.

Only the cab of Norfolk Southern 8941 remains at the Cresson Steel Company, were I counted 10 NS engines are in various stages of been scrapped. Too bad the cab of NS 8941 isn't destined for some... (more)

Retired Boston & Maine/MBTA Buddliner cars sit along a siding in Lincoln, NH. Clearly, these cars have seen better days.

A former East Broad Top Railroad open top hopper car acts as a sign base at the Puukolii Station of the currently out of service Lahaina, Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad, at Kaanapali, Hawaii.

The term “GE 70-Tonner” normally refers to an end-cab switcher, but early examples were center cabs. Here, an unnumbered 1941 example stands on Standard Slag property in Weirton, West Virgini... (more)