CN 506, an EMD HBU-4 slug, basks in the sun outside of the diesel shops.

Compromise
When rails of two different sizes need to be joined, a compromise must be achieved - thus the compromise joint. This unique joint bar allows rail of different web thickness,... (more)

The face of the deceased. Built as RS18, CP 8746 in 1958, rebuilt in 1980 having it’s nose chopped along with other upgrades is was reclassified as a RS18u and renumbered 1802, only to be... (more)

The new train hybrid "Serie 730" doing a service Madrid-Pontevedra/La Coruña crossing the bridge over Esla river in Castronuño.

The latest test locomotive on the NYS&W is GMTX 499, a rebuilt GP15.

At first glance, Union Pacific AC440CW 7007 is just another of UP's many AC4400CWs. But the road number on the cab just doesn't look "right" ... Three of the digits have no black outline, and tho... (more)

Built in August 1979 as SCL 7039, this unique unit was rebuilt from a C30-7 into a GE RCPHG6 and renumbered CSX 9303 for remote control service. On the way to Chicago we made a stop at Cleveland's... (more)

A pair of SD70M-2s lead a 224 car coal train west towards Jasper on a gorgeous afternoon in the Rockies.

The local job rolls through downtown Auburn with a GP9 sandwiched between two transfer cabooses leading several cars. It appears as though the cabeese are used as shoving platforms for remote con... (more)

Remote controlled GP38-2 510 drills the always busy Bowden Yard. FEC has always been an innovative company using remote controlled switchers long before it became the norm for others.

Newly built locomotive BRM001 sits outside the paint booth for publicity photos at the SSR North Bendigo workshops. The owners are Consolidated Rail Leasing, a new leasing company in Australia

Illinois Central 6071, the first EMD SD40 ever built, is on display as the "IC 6071 Exhibit" at the Monticello Railway Museum's yearly "Railroad Days" event on September 22, 2012. The unit started... (more)

In Sept. 1987 the British Columbia Railway ran its first system-wide excursion covering every mile of track with three RDC cars. On Sept. 15 they crossed Pine Creek bridge at M.P. 16.7 on the re... (more)

MRL "Montana Rockies Daylight" eastbound is descending Bozeman Pass, Mont. into Livingston on the old Northern Pacific. In charge of the train is MRL's two unique SD-19's, 652 and 651, rated at ... (more)