Colorado Iron Critter. Colorado Fuel & Iron locomotive no. 1, a "critter" built by Davenport Locomotive Works, is seen sitting at Steelworks Park at the Steelworks Center of the West. A... (more)

Sitting out the festivities in 2024. It once served as back-up power for #2816 as well as making a complete A-B-A set for the Royal Canadian Pacific sets. With the merger, CPKC now has a rather ... (more)

With Just A little Paint. AMTK 909 (AEM-7, EMD/ASEA, 10/1980) was not one of the "toasters" selected for upgrade to AC electronics, but was repainted, and looks fairly respectable... (more)

Test Trains. Department of Transportation U30C no. 001 is seen on display with other equipment at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado. The locomotive worked for many years at ... (more)

Santa Fe On Display. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 "Northern" no. 2912 is seen on display at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado. Built in January 1944, the lo... (more)

Royal Gorge at Rest. Royal Gorge Route Railroad locomotives 728 and 402 are seen resting at the railroad's maintenance facility in Cañon City, Colorado, along with a few other F-units.... (more)

Passing By. The FEC 148 runs by over the Miami Canal as a fisherman watches.

Ex-CMQ nee-CP SD40-2F #9024. It actually glows in the dark....well, no, but after making headlines for being in tow with #2816 eastward, it was dropped off here for crew familiarization well into... (more)

DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

A bare table type train climbs the grade out of Ottumwa on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train is working across the southern Iowa coal route from Lincoln to Galesburg. The 9003 became the CN 5446. ... (more)

On the Move. The FEC 148 moves quickly across Rogers Road on a stop for a great photo charter sponsored by U.S. Sugar.

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.

Factory Fresh NS 1074, the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western heritage unit was recently cosmetically restored and mechanically overhauled. After more than a month in the paint booth, 1074 ... (more)

Thar She Blows! DMIR 332 was used for some switching moves and created quite a scene along Railroad Ave. near downtown Duluth, MN.

The CN usually keeps their executive train parts indoors at the Woodcrest Shops at Homewood. I took a tour back in 2012 and the 103 was parked out back with the cars. I am unsure the fate of the 1... (more)