No glamour for this unit, captive to the plant, as the B23-7s get all the glory.

Coal trains on the Santa Fe race track looked out of place. These York Canyon Coal trains were heading to McCook and points east. Usually, these heavy trains got 3-4 big GEs for power. As seen he... (more)

The other side of the story. A shot of the other side of this nee CNW, ex UP unit is posted elsewhere. Not a bad cheap change of color scheme.. I don't think that red sill strip is kosher by th... (more)

The IANR had to use the normal 20:00 Butler crew to run the Oelwein Job the night before. The normal Oelwein Crew had to do some plowing. That now means the 8am Butler crew had to come to the CN o... (more)

DF4B ‘s cab in view.

Steam locomotive 241 A 65 from behind. On the tender is the large signet of the Wettstein Kältetechnik company in Gümligen. WWAG has been the locomotive's main sponsor since 1995. It played a m... (more)

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

Metropolitan Railroading. New York & Atlantic SW1001 no. 101 and GATX leaser GP38-2 no. 2200 are seen leading train RS-40 across Metropolitan Ave on the LIRR Bushwick Branch, crossing ... (more)

Engine #148 waits for a southbound cane train to clear the track ahead so it can perform a run-by at the Fisheating Creek trestle.

Tying up
The conductor does some last minute paperwork and the engineer shuts down the power as Watco’s Palouse River & Coulee City freight ties up at Mockonema, Washington, on Septem... (more)

Side view of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" express train steamlocomotive 241 A 65. After several years of extensive repair and refurbishment, the former French 4-8-2 express train steamlocomotive... (more)

Hey, You Never Know. On the morning of Wednesday, April 24 2024, Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA NYC Subway 1196-1200 (Bombardier, 2002-2003, R-142 option order) was traveling dow... (more)

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

Under the night sky, Civil War railroad icon "Texas" glows within its glass display case at the Atlanta History Museum.

The BN ran 2 intermodal trains to Denver out of Chicago. One ran early morning into Galesburg, and the other one at night. The night one has stayed thru the BNSF era. Train 65 was normally the day... (more)