A Southern Rwy scale test car sits in the Wheel Balancing Shed at Spencer shops, NC. The shed, built in 1944, houses a set of eight Fairbanks scales connected to the tracks where steam locomotives... (more)

The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Burlington Northern 6234" on a photo freight crossing the St. Croix River from Minnesota into Wisconsin. This special was hosted by Trains Magaz... (more)

"Enjoying a Cigar in Front of the Boxcar"

On the evening of October 7th, 2021, a father is seen enjoying a cigar on the bed of his Ram pickup while watching his son at football pract... (more)

Plans are taking shape for a park to built around the Bruce Mine headframe near Chisholm, MN. CN donated a quad set of cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum after one car in the pack suffered... (more)

A lucky find on a siding east of Pueblo, Colorado is this Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad boxcar DRGW 63770. It was built in 1963 and is all the more spectacular that it has survived in the ... (more)

Re-Lettered. The Western New York Railway Historical Society recently completed work on re-lettering their 40' Type XM boxcar at the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot in Williamsville, New ... (more)

A 1906 vintage 50 ton ore car, one of the first all steel ore cars built for the Missabe, donated to the Soudan Underground State Park by the DMIR in 1972. This car was one of 4,250 cars of this ... (more)

A former East Broad Top Railroad open top hopper car acts as a sign base at the Puukolii Station of the currently out of service Lahaina, Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad, at Kaanapali, Hawaii.

Noticing a few roster shots on the site today, I thought I would take a chance in posting this shot. The beautifully restored 200,000th car out of the Pullman Standard Bessemer, Ala. plant. The NS... (more)

In 1989, Burlington Northern received a series of freight cars called “Boppers” built by Bethlehem Johnstown. These experimental aluminum cars had both side doors and roof hatches, and could b... (more)

When New York Central 41788 was built in the Despatch Shops at East Rochester, New York and began service in 1956 it was used as an automobile hauler before today’s multi-level auto racks were f... (more)

A cosmetically restored former L&N boxcar (built in Sept. 1965) is displayed on the turntable at the Huntsville Depot & Museum in downtown Huntsville, AL.

The newly restored Southern Railway Big John rolls out of Spencer yard behind 3170 and 2601.

Size matters! As far as boxcars go, this Conrail 86' autoparts box is about as big as they come. The smaller car to the right, a Pennsylvania Railroad X29, is a very good representation of the com... (more)

This car is noted as being the first all aluminum open top hopper built in the United States by Alcoa in 1931. It was the prototype car and is lettered Monon to reflect the heritage of the rail li... (more)