Norfolk and Western Business Car 300 (RPCX 300) departed its temporary home in Philadelphia, PA on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. CSX GP40-2 6129 (née-BO 4230) does the honors for Conr... (more)

Eastbound geometry train waiting for a signal at MP 109.6

UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but that good speed has come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa today. Dead trai... (more)

Union Pacific’s unique rail detector car DC-3 smokes it up a bit at is excellerates while inspecting UP’s Kearney Subdivision main line in July 1981. This car was originally built in 1928 as a... (more)

Union Pacific’s unique rail detector car DC-3 inspects UP’s Kearney Subdivision main line in July 1981. This car was originally built in 1928 as a Brill Model 350 motor car for Detroit & Macki... (more)

The Susquehanna inspection train for its management and BOD to get a first view of its new route between its Southern and Northern Divisions rolls through Franklin, New Jersey. The recently reacti... (more)

Carrying a Torch for Utah

After participating in the Olympic Torch Relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the Union Pacific refurbished their "cauldron car" for use ... (more)

Iowa Chicago and Eastern customer/employee appreciation special follows Bloody Run Creek approaching Spook Cave Campground west of Marquette, Iowa.

A pair of clean Pullman-Standard commuter cars bring up the rear of a Football Special departing Davenport. The Rock Island owned 20 of these cars, numbered 2700-2719.

During the CN Family Day at Taschereau Yard, a specially painted boxcar welcome visitors at the entrance.

Santa Fe's Progress Car was on display at the Grand Canyon Railway station in Williams, Arizona on Sept. 29, 1990.

The DW&P ran a holiday special for employees from 1977 through 1982 using equipment from the LSRM and Missabe. Here the train has arrived from Virginia and a pair of RS11s will hook onto the rear ... (more)

Union Pacific brought this interesting piece of equipment to SLO. This boxcar is a classroom designed to instruct emergency responders the appropriot way to handle potential incidents involving Oi... (more)

To show switching crews as well as shippers and customers how damaging coupling impacts at higher speeds can be, Canadian National rebuilt a 40-ft. box car with plexiglass and equipped with a big ... (more)

A pair of rebuilt geeps lead a passenger extra for mining engineers on the loading loop at National Taconite.