Montana Rail Link built a short section of track on old Milwaukee Road branch line right-of-way at Bonner, Montana, to help facilitate cleanup of the Milltown Dam site in 2009. Years of mining act... (more)

Railroad history that would soon be lost. A Chessie caboose and a few loaded hopper cars populate the small yard at Thurmond, WV. Adding to the scene are the Engine House and various other steam e... (more)

PM 1225 Runs North to Ashley Michigan for the Polar Express tour

With a bonus cancelled school day, we ventured out into the Iowa winter landscape. We made an afternoon on the UP's Clinton Sub between Blairstown and Belle Plaine. Traffic was light as we only se... (more)

Westbound Houston, TX, to South St. Paul manifest rolls past this 1880's old ex-ATSF depot in Atchison. This is the UP Falls City Sub that runs north from KC towards Omaha. The old depot is now a ... (more)

Canadian Pacific Railway train 252-11 is preparing to stop at the south end of the VRS Tub Mountain Yard with CP Heritage block lettered SD70ACU 7019 leading GP20ECO 2257 passing the D13 local pow... (more)

The Toledo Hauler has arrived at its namesake, and the rear brakeman is preparing to line back the mainline switch. A few weeks later automated dragging equipment detectors were activated, and the... (more)

Saved! SP bay window caboose 4729 has been a longtime fixture at Albina Yard in Portland. The car was gutted early this year of asbestos in preparation for scrapping. Fortunately, it was purchased... (more)

A new crew has boarded the caboose and the train is ready to highball.

BNSF 2610 is heading toward the Minneapolis Cemstone plant on the west side on the Mississippi.

Burlington Northern operated a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois. The branch utilizes 0.8 miles of trackage rights on Chicago & North Western’s Troy... (more)

Burlington Northern operated a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois. The branch utilizes 0.8 miles of trackage rights on Chicago & North Western’s Troy... (more)

A single GP38-2 leads a short work train through Wabun, Va on the Whitethorne district.

NS 213 passes the old Southern Railway caboose in Suwanee on a day where temperatures nearly hit the 90s in early spring. Trailing 3/3 is the Nickel Plate heritage unit

Wallowing in the weeds at Walton
Quiet in the tiny hamlet of Walton, Illinois, is disturbed by the infrequent passage of an eastbound Burlington Northern local on June 10, 1984. Trackage... (more)