Sixty years have passed since this empty narrow gauge hopper last moved. During that time, Mother Nature had begun its process of reclamation. Rails have sunk into the ground and many wheels of ad... (more)

A look deep inside the East Broad Top Graveyard at Mt. Union. The Kovalchick Salvage Corporation decided not to scrap the railroad and when they bought it in 1956. In 1961, it officially became a ... (more)

CR 6764 is former Reading Lines no. 5311, an Alco C630 locomotive in the deadline at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, in January 1981. Former Southern Ry. president Stanley Crane is now at the he... (more)

CHEYENNE WY Oct-Nov 1971 -- Challenger 3985 patiently awaits restoration. I had no idea at the time this locomotive would once again run under steam.

VENICE ILL Aug 3 1976 -- Union Electric Lines fireless cooker No. 2 is decorated on the front with a smiley face and the words Charley's Baby. Corrections and more information welcome.

4 years after it nailed an 18 wheeler at a crossing, UP 8232 sits awaiting it's destruction, most likely...

Hard to keep track of.... The Soo Line had some interesting track work in their yard that serviced the ferry in Manitowoc, WI. In fact it took me a second look to figure out what went where in thi... (more)

CNW 8042 has really dug up the gravel because of a derailment in June of 1992. The derailment occurred at the junction of CNW's Old Line and New Line in St. Francis, WI. That bent rail looks like ... (more)

A stretch of rail and and an abandoned signal are all that's left of the former Interpace spur track. This spur used to serve Interpace Corp and was later used as a storage track for maintenance e... (more)

Walking Horse and Eastern 806 lives out what is very likely its final days rusting away in an industrial park east of Shelbyville, TN.

A diamond sits in the woods on an abandoned portion of Conrail's Reformatory Branch. One track connected the CNJ (later Conrail) Reformatory Branch with the former PRR/PC (now NJ Transit) Coast Li... (more)

Milwaukee had 3 carferry lines at one time, the C&O, GTW, and the Pere Marquette. Here we see the remnants of the GTW apron in March of 1985. CNW's passenger mainline was to the right and Milwauke... (more)

A Conrail MoW gondola sits on the remains of the old Lehigh & Hudson River main. The L&HR railroad was a bridge line running northeast-southwest across northwestern New Jersey. This was the L&HR m... (more)

A plethora of historic equipment sits at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati in Latonia, Kentucky. Among the collection is PRR Observation, the Metropolitan View (bottom right) and B&O "... (more)