view of the old Barstow yard as seen from the east

Ever since the closing, and demolition of one of L&N only largest Hub in Georgia most of us thought this was going to be the end, and the beginning of Atlanta’s urban development on the footprin... (more)

It's more then 6 years now, since I was standing on the hill, early on a beautiful, clear and rather cold sunday morning, looking down to this huge yard in Barstow. Together with two friends, I wa... (more)

The Green Bay and Western had a small yard in Plover, Wisconsin. There was never any trouble identifying the location of the office there.

The pending storm didn’t blow them over, but several cars have derailed and plugged the south lead of Delaware & Hudson’s Taylor yard. It looks like there won’t be any trains running on this... (more)

Hurricanes are not the only source of major flooding as anyone who lived thru The Great Flood of 1993 can attest. The Mississippi river set many records that year. Over a month after the river had... (more)

View from 2,000ft via NYONair of South Kearny/MMC yard.

Bangor From the Cab - 2

As Conrail train ABP-1 progresses northward from the south end of Bangor yard. it... (more)

Bangor From the Cab

Taken from the cab of Conrail train ABP-1, this scene is looking northward (timetable east) as the train passes through Bangor, Pennsylvania on the former DL&W/... (more)

Sunset Route Sunset

As the sun sets on November 15, 2016, a Union Pacific eastbound rolls past the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California. Situated at the junction o... (more)

The sanding tower is all that is left of the once sprawling engine facility in Escanaba in June of 1988. The engine facilities were moved to the ex-P&H complex west of here and the tracks no longe... (more)

Soo Line's West Yard in Marquette, Michigan has seen better days as it is overgrown with weeds and trees. Once a thriving DSS&A ore facility, decades of idle time have taken its toll. Amazingly, t... (more)

For Labor Day weekend, 1978, a college friend and I planned a three day trip to Buffalo, with the primary objective of seeing some of the remaining ex-Penn Central RSD5’s before they were retire... (more)

Situated at the eastern base of the Rio Grande’s crossing of the Wasatch Range is the appropriately named town of Helper, Utah. After making a sprint over the relatively flat line across the des... (more)