Western competitors wait for the torch out east.

After several rail cars got away and ran off the tracks across from the fairgrounds in Columbia, SC after the scrap yard tried to move the cars, CSX found it necessary to bring in a wrecker to pla... (more)

Only two of Conrail’s immediate predecessors rostered E8’s, and both contributed examples to the Conrail roster. Many of the Penn Central’s large roster of the EMD passenger units were conv... (more)

Amtrak no. 8 meets its fate? Amtrak's Beech Grove facility has been the resting place for this GE P42DC for quite some time. This locomotive was involved in a head on collision accident several ye... (more)

Conrail RSD5 6802 awaits its fate in the deadline at Collinwood, Ohio. Unfortunately, that fate was the scrapper’s torch.

"The Final Resting Place" Built in October 1974, U18B 9501 has been a parts donor during it's time on the Pickens Railroad since 2002. All that remains now is for scrap prices in the market to ris... (more)

Around 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 6 a southbound freight train heading from Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA encountered a person whom intentionally walked in front of it "a statement from the crew o... (more)

We Have All Been Here Before

When many railfans think of the Southern Pacific, they think of dirty, run-down locomotives. But this was generally not the case with the SP - not until... (more)

A string of Norfolk Southern Dash 8s await their fate at the scrapper in Cresson, PA. The yard was very active on various scrapping projects. A set of RJ Corman power can be seen waiting on their ... (more)

Lawn ornament

To give you a closer look at the damage on the what was the only operating D8.5-40CW from the front. It has officially been nine days since the collision that led to the derailment of NS 164-20 (B... (more)

Work continues to get the derailment from a few days ago cleaned up and getting the junction back into service. A day or two ago after the crossing accident, Norfolk Southern along with the few ra... (more)

Fatal Bumps and Bruises?

Sitting forlornly outside Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops is P42DC 66, damaged in a wreck involving a semi truck on February 19, 2016. This engine, wearing the ca... (more)

These Jets are Grounded

New Haven’s ten 1954 General Electric EP5 rectifier electric locomotives had extremely loud blowers, earning them the moniker “jets”. With their slee... (more)

An Unlikely Duo

Driving between industrial road locations in Cleveland, we stumbled across this pair of electric switchers hundreds of miles from the wires that powered them. Altho... (more)