Just a little over a year from their rolling date, a pair of 115# strings of rail from the ArcelorMital rail mill in Steelton, PA have been installed along the former Western Railway of Alabama li... (more)

The contrasting colors between new and old wheels are easy to spot on any freight car, especially when you light them up at night. That's certainly true for this Conrad Yelvington hopper car whic... (more)

Thirty six inch diameter wheels and their blue Brenco Bearings roll gracefully through a road crossing in rural Deatsville as L679 continues its northbound journey along the former L&N. The car s... (more)

It's easy to tell which wheel set is the newer one on this car. The previous set was tagged by a wayside defect detector for a hotbox and thus resulted in this car being set out at the West Point... (more)

This special track work at the CN Joliet yard certainly lives up to its name. Instead of using the traditional type of turnout for their yard ladder, this portion of the yard uses overlapping tur... (more)

Hot Rail
The thermal effects of a recent field weld are evident on the web and top of the rail head at this new joint. The rail has just undergone an electric flash-butt welding proc... (more)

The type E couplers of two covered hoppers are held tight against each other as they roll through the gooseneck. From this vantage point it’s easy to see the spacious flat space provided at the... (more)

Horizon un-level....oh wait it's just the truck
The A end truck of this rail flatcar has run over a piece of wood cribbing used to separate the layers of rail that were once inside th... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific MoW rail flat cars show off nearly perfect symmetry in the UP Pueblo yard. If these flatcars look somewhat solid, that's because they are. These cars were built by Genera... (more)

A wonderful sunrise has begun to illuminate the rails and signal the start of a new day along the BNSF mainline between Pueblo and Denver in the Centennial state.

As the tie replacement continues along the WofA mainline, numerous crossings will also be upgraded with new ties, a fresh top layer of asphalt and new rail of course. Which is exactly the scene t... (more)

Now this is a compromise joint!
Having to connect vastly different sized rails on this seldom used NS house track greatly illustrates how valuable compromise joints are and what they ... (more)

A pair of 50+ year old rail from former steel giants make up the second track mainline that runs through Lineville on the namesake CSX subdivision. While the Carnegie Edgar Thompson works ceased ... (more)

From this vantage point, you can see how the Type F (top, as indicated by the 'F70DE' lettering cast into it, Type H couplers have an 'H' cast into them) and Type E (bottom) couplers differ extens... (more)

Draft
With the Flagg Coal 75 pulling as much as she can, this train is in draft mode meaning there is no slack between the cars. With complete tension being applied between the couple... (more)