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.

The Caboose Backs In | Freshly-restored Frisco caboose number 1291 eases into position at the Van Buren, AR depot on a cloudy Saturday, April 27, 2024. The pair of Alco C420s powering the t... (more)

Image this string going out on the daily local for real in 2021. This former MILW f-unit is masquerading as a Chesapeake & Ohio unit while its companion is somewhat more authentic (where did they... (more)

After setting off a string of empty hoppers, the engineer eases yellow nose 394 (with some funky number boards) from the siding and onto the main at MP 7 of the S&C branchline as the conductor wai... (more)

Today's Star of the Show: The Genesse and Wyoming Railroad was established in 1899 and has since grown to the empire it is today. Today marked the 125th Anniversary, in which they got all the top ... (more)

Like the Old Days In recent years, the GP40MCs, MBTA's oldest locomotives, have been assigned to North Side trains almost exclusively. In the summer of 2024 however, GP40MC-3s rebuilt in-h... (more)

Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Victory lap. For both the Empress and the photographer. In 2011, my last visit to see her in action was met with "diesel substitute" as she went down with repair. She was repaired, tes... (more)

Aberdeen & Rockfish train AF6 crossing Rockfish Creek

Having just departed Minot on the third leg of the CPKC Final Spike Steam Tour about fifteen minutes earlier, CP 2816, 1401, and 4107 roll eastbound through the small hamlet of Logan, North Dakota... (more)

High Elevation High Cab. Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway GP39-2 no. DS-13 is seen leading a short train across John Glenn Rd in Salt Lake City, Utah. The locomotive is a unique hi... (more)

These were around for a while looking good and sounding almost as good as the ones with the real 20-cylinder 645s under the hood. I keep waiting for somebody to do an SD30. After all, parts is ju... (more)

CSXT 911 basks in the afternoon sun.

A veteran EMD unit still in service in northern North Dakota.

With the Denver skuline in the backgrounf, the BNSF engine facility has several interesting locomotives including two SD40-2s still in BN green, a GP39-2 in "freightbonnet" and in the ba... (more)