Cass Projects: Meadow River Shay #7. Sitting on the deadline in the Cass Yard is a little, 70-ton Shay that is missing an awful lot of parts. Were it not for the history that this machine ... (more)

Little pieces of the Missabe Road are still to be found albeit they are getting harder and harder to find. Here is an old Adlake lantern used on a short spur to an industry long gone that was onc... (more)

Once mainstays of the Southwest and Northeast, these fallen flags now find themselves in the Volunteer state where they work out their remaining years still wearing paint schemes of the iconic rai... (more)

An icon of northern Canadian railroading rests in a MOW equipment line at White River, Ontario awaiting its possible call to service next winter. This particular car was created by welding frames ... (more)

A sad lineup. Ex Canadian Pacific/CTCUM/AMT awaiting disposal. Photo taken with permission.

Finding buried treasure inside the West Colton Roundhouse. Built as EMD SD45 CNW 949; rebuilt to MK SD40M-2 SP 8706; now SD40-2 UP 2782 has been retired.

The CP Jubilee at Steamtown is looking very run down as it sits tucked away in the yard

In 1953 the comapny CP(Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro) purchased 3 units of this locomotive(contrary to what many think, that locomotives came new to Brazil and never runned in the USA) t... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

Ball signal. As of 2012 the famous ball signal was still in place at Whitefield, NH, though the tracks have not seen any trains in many years. The tracks going left to right was Boston & Ma... (more)

CP in an urban setting. This ex-CP heavyweight is preserved at the John Street Roundhouse park in downtown Toronto. It was built by Canadian Car & Foundry in Montreal in 1931 as a 14-sectio... (more)

Three tank cars, one of which was breached and burned, in the James River, the day after the fiery oil train derailment in downtown Lynchburg.

On mothers day the former C&O, and CSX signal bridge at Lee Hall is reunited on the ground after it was removed from service. It took only an hour and a half, with two trains complicating things,... (more)

UP 4014 lays over in UP's Yermo yard after a long day heading over Cajon Pass and through the high desert of San Bernardino County.

An ex-Conrail SW8 calls a scrap yard on Chicago's south side home. It's spray painted MM2 is for the scrap yards former operator Midwest Metallics. If you look close you will see the stripes showi... (more)