For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-passenger-train-wreck-montgomery.html

One of the reasons EMD came to dominate the diesel business is the outstanding service they provided to the railroads even after they sold the engines. This extended to designing the locomotives p... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6940 has wheel work done in the “Wheelhouse” at the locomotive facility at North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on December 22, 2012. A machinist carefully checks his ... (more)

As Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 6072 sits on a nearby track, UP AC4400CW No. 6940 gets some work done in the “Wheelhouse” at North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on the long night of December ... (more)

The highest numbered ES44C4 rests just north of the FEC shops in New Smyrna Beach. The unit has been on the property for just over a month and it's already showing signs of heavy use.

Staged for a special photo shoot, the Penn Central and Conrail heritage units are joined by NS SD70ACe #1011 at Amtrak's 16th Street yard in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Casey Thomason. F... (more)

Southern Railway SD40 #3170 rests outside the NS paint shop at sunset in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Within a few hours, it will be cranked up and running, being prepared for revenue service after ha... (more)

This is the current state of the fast moving Fire Up 611 campaign. The superheater unit is back in and the boiler has passed its hydrostatic test. As evidenced in this shot, clearly the Southern r... (more)

After a rebuild at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and restoration into its original Southern Railway paint scheme at the Chattanooga locomotive shop, Southern SD40 #3170... (more)

A new addition to Norfolk Southern's "heritage fleet": Southern Railway SD40 #3170 was built in April of 1971 and served for Southern and Norfolk Southern until being retired in 2008. It was rece... (more)

Hulcher and CN have started to team up to change out traction motors at Waterloo. The CN now places these units on the old ramp track at Waterloo for easier accessibility. Today's task, in the wi... (more)

Moments after being righted from the ditch, sidebooms lift SCAX 645 back onto the tracks.

They were known as "buffalo", due to their somewhat ungainly appearance. The Union railroad had a large fleet of Baldwin road switchers that they re-engined with EMD prime movers in the early 1960... (more)

Utah Railway RSD-4 No. 303 has a newly rebuilt Alco 244 V-12 prime mover installed at Martin Yard on July 25, 1977. Unfortunately, the 244 engine tarnished Alco's reputation as it had reliability ... (more)

Just released from Mid America Car IAIS' newly painted unit sits on the ready track waiting for KCS to pick it up.