Amtrak train 36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Ogden UT) cuts through the haze as it passes the old Santa Fe station sign for Casa Blanca (White House), a neighborhood in Riv... (more)

UP 4533 (SD70M) leads an officer's special towards the Moffat Tunnel, passing the trusty designated chase vehicle dubbed "The F-Unit".

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)

Fisheating Creek. The FEC 148 charter passes over Fisheating Creek, the name of which is derived from the Creek "Thlothlopopka-Hatchee"--translated as "the creek where fish ... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train of privately-owned passenger cars – all painted in Daylight red and orange – heading to the 1984 World's Fair in... (more)

With the pair of Alton & Southern SD60's in charge, UP train MBNAS (Bloomington, IL to Gateway Yard in East Saint Louis, IL) prepares its departure out of the Bloomington Yard. Clouds were heavy i... (more)

CSX's Spirit of Law Enforcement 3194 leads M576 across the Ohio River as it nears Indiana. Technically since Kentucky claims the Ohio River to the Indiana shore I suppose its Louisville Kentucky h... (more)

GE industrials morphed over the years with little fanfare and no change of model. Much like the tractors on 18-wheelers components varied from user to user. One locomotive we handled had a two c... (more)

It was a happening morning at Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as SD60's 2204 and 2205 build a train along Third Rail Road in Alorton, while UP 3019 is on hold, waiting for an available track to ya... (more)

Mother's Day Yard Job | A lone SD40-2 sorts cars at Norfolk Southern's Avondale Yard in Kansas City, MO on the mostly sunny morning of May 12, 2024.

Local Delivery. New York & Atlantic leaser locomotive GMTX 2204 idles on the Bushwick Branch with train RS-40 as a man on an e-bike crosses the tracks on Morgan Ave in East Williamsburg... (more)

With the next loaded train spotted at the Alicia dumper, the N&W heritage unit sits quiet awaiting for empties to return to the mine for another load.

On Cinco de Mayo, Union Pacific railroad local LOW10-06, with UP GP40-2 1442 (ex-SSW 7279), GP60 1150 (ex-UP 1903, ex-UP 5703, née-SP 9600), GP40P-2 1373 (ex-SP 7601, née-SP 3198) and SD7... (more)

A former GO Transit F59, now a cab control unit, is on the end of the storage line of equipment for the Piedmont service at Raleigh.

Classics NS 9549, a beat-up Dash 9, awaits rebuild at Juniata. In the background, an SD45-2 is awaiting accident repairs, and 8688, the Juniata fuel tender, sits with a wrecked Dash 9.