Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's F7(B) No. 919. Originally NC&StL 918, then L&N 1918, then Clinchfield 869, then Seaboard Coast Line 117, and finally CSX 119.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's F7(A) No. 814. Originally NC&StL #814, it later became L&N #821. In January 1965, it was rebuilt by ACL Waycross Shop and transferred to Clinchfield as their CR... (more)

The B&O No. 7402, built by EMD in July of 1964, is part of the collection stored outside at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. If I'm not mistaken, it's one of only two preserved SD35s, the other being... (more)

A GG1 in the woods! At the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, there are 2 former Pennsylvania Railroad GG1s stored at Cooperstown Junction, NY. Unit 4917 (ex-Amtrak 4934) is seen sitting on ... (more)

ATSF 57, a full RPO car sits forlornly on a spur in Duluth MN weathering yet another winter. Quick research showed that this car had been at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay as recently a... (more)

Seen in their final full year of operation, the "original" Auto Train Auto Carriers had seen better days. The 9114 was removed from the roster wearing Phase III. This particular car was... (more)

Acadian Railway 3018, a D&RGW veteran, sits tied up on the UP interchange out in fields of Louisiana.

Acadian Railway 3018, a D&RGW veteran, sits tied up on the UP interchange out in fields of Louisiana.

CNW's only DL-109, 5007A awaits scrapping in the 40th Street Yard in Chicago, IL in 1954. Russ Porter photo from my collection.

Old EMD out of service.

The one that got away... Most folks are surprised to know that an Amtrak Pacific Parlour car was sold and has been in private hands for years. This was a necessary measure to pay for the ... (more)

One of the "OG"s of the wide cab revolution, former Canadian National Railway GP40-2LW 9619 recently arrived in Staunton, Virginia. Precision Locomotive Services received delivery of the... (more)

Sequatchie Valley Railroad 1210 has seen some better days, as the remanent of the Illinois Terminal paint is fading away into history. If only this 62 year old SW1200 could talk, it would tell us ... (more)