Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

The South Branch Valley started operations with at least one former Western Maryland caboose. Painted in SBVR’s version of WM’s speed lettering scheme, caboose 1892 is seen crossing the south ... (more)

Southern Railroad of New Jersey GP9 No. 100 rests at the Farmers Exchange in Woodstown, the last major shipper on the line (major, in this case, meaning a handful of cars per year). In a few days ... (more)

Soo Line caboose #47 has suffered some fire damage as it awaits repairs in Shops Yard in the summer of 1983.

Before the Silverliners and Arrows

Built between 1915 and 1936, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s MP54 MU cars were the backbone of commuter service in PRR’s electrified region until... (more)

A hospital train brings re-railed cars back to Butler Yard after a derailment. I'm surprised they didn't remove all the boxes from the Conrail van before they moved it.

A pair of M-K-T MP15AC's, number 56 and 57 have transfer caboose #73 in tow as they head back light to Katy's yard.

Not your typical "coupler pan" shot. The trailing centerbeam flatcar dropped it's drawbar about a mile or so back. At about 3 mph they made it about half mile before the strap that was holding t... (more)

A load of 56.9 M wind generator blades has been loaded and waits for the IAIS crew to pull the loads and bring in some empties. The blade are bound for the UP in Des Moines, Iowa then on to Amaril... (more)

Now here's something you don't see every day - a loaded coal train passing four bruised and battered oil cans on their way to the scrapper.

Two log flats, loaded and ready to be shipped to the Kykenkee lumber mill in Vance, AL. The John Deere knuckleboom loader has made short work of the two flats, which will be picked up by a NS crew... (more)

A hobo? No... security guard... To assure no coals are be stolen, a guard is running with the train to control...

It's a busy day for railroading in downtown St. Louis today. In the foreground, the Union Pacific 12th St. Yard has several trains occupying the various tracks, waiting to be transferred to other ... (more)

Freight cars are staged for inspection on tracks 1 and 2 before being filtered into the railcar repair area of Curry Rail Service's Hollidaysburg Shop. Built for the PRR in 1954 as their Samuel Re... (more)

It has been a rough week for NS in the city of Opelika. After a 22 car derailment on the previou... (more)