On a snowy day a pair of leased GEs spot ore cars on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming dock. The CEFX units represent some of GE's most modern technology while U25C No. 2501, the only U25C saved, repr... (more)

The first emissions-friendly locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program have been released for road testing by Norfolk Southern from its Jun... (more)

On a cold January night, four cars from a Stockton train derailed inside the J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, California. The black tanker was originally believed to be carrying toluene, which is a t... (more)

A set of power off a dead transfer sits in Track 41 at NS Avondale Yard after bringing a train up here last night.

NH&I's 2-8-0 #40 sits in the shop on New Year's Eve awaiting 2015 and the completion of major running gear work. A coach undergoing restoration sits to the right while two others (one still in SP... (more)

NS 3219 was originally a high hood unit, but as of early 2014 it was overhauled, and had an Admiral Cab installed. 3219 sits on display during Norfolk Southern's Family Day tour at the Juniata Loc... (more)

The KCT will build another 75 car unit scrap train later today, which will leave town as BNSF Train U KCKHKM0 02T with a trio of engines. The ES44C4 was built in February 2014, the newest unit I'... (more)

What a start to 2015: An extra section of NS 211 races under the newly installed cantilever at CP Yonah with GP40-2 #3078 in the lead as the last of the golden evening light shines for a fe... (more)

For whatever reason, UP Train AAMEW 28 left town with a GMTX GP38-2 leader followed by a pair of UP SD70M's. Whatever the reason, the crew's "luckiness" or what have you, it looked nice... (more)

A pair of wrecked CSXT units and one CEFX AC4400CW were on KRL flat cars with their trucks tagging along on adjacent flat cars at KCS Knoche Yard, en route to Mid-America Car for work. These ar... (more)

The 3852 needed work, so the bananas were split and 3855 and 1507 were used on KCT Train 311 and 310 for a couple days. It's not often that every engine at Mill Street is facing the same way and ... (more)

KCT Train 311 sits at CP 40 on the BNSF Emporia Sub. while waiting for the NS Transfer to depart BNSF Argentine Yard before it's our turn to head in.

Custom Santa Fe fuel gauge on this BNSF Heritage 1 painted slug. This unit is still shiny and has a luster to it, yet the paint was applied at Livingston Rebuild Center during September 1998.

On the right is Amtrak Train #3, the Southwest Chief, and on the left is what was Amtrak Train #313, and will become 314 in the morning.

A KCS grain train heads through Penn Avenue as Amtrak Train #3 waits for its crew change and passenger stop.