The Wilmington Shops hosted a rare tour for those on the AEM-7 farewell excursion, and there were plenty of Amtrak oddballs and favorites on display for the fans. All the HHP-8s were renumbered t... (more)

The Wilmington Shops hosted a rare tour for those on the AEM-7 farewell excursion, and there were plenty of Amtrak oddballs and favorites on display for the fans. This is the final ACS-64 (the re... (more)

The Wilmington Shops hosted a rare tour for those on the AEM-7 farewell excursion, and there were plenty of Amtrak oddballs and favorites on display for the fans.

What a crowd! I had the privilege of riding the cab of the AEM-7 Farewell excursion for the photo op. This shot shows the massive crowd assembled on the platform to record the historic eve... (more)

The sand trains are back and SD40-2s have just made their debut on the SWP. Less than a few weeks on the railroad in fresh maroon, these SD40-2s shove sand loads south.

Not what it seems! The CNW repowered a couple of GP's with Cat engines in the early '80's and called them HE15's. The radiator fans and grills were dead giveaways to their non-EMD power. Not a suc... (more)

A mining locomotive rests deep under the ground of McDade Park in Scranton as part of the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour.

Santa Fe SD45 B-unit 5501 is painted in the Yellowbonnet scheme at the San Bernardino Shops. This scheme was decided against upon and was repainted without the cigar band logo and Yellowbonnet and... (more)

Santa Fe SD45 B-unit 5502 is painted in the Yellowbonnet scheme at the San Bernardino Shops. This scheme was decided against upon and was repainted without the cigar band logo and Yellowbonnet and... (more)

Farewell! The AEM-7 Farewell excursion was spotted on track 14, where passengers could walk up to the head end to take photos before their trip aboard this historic farewell excursion. Iro... (more)

All kinds of things are to be found inside of Amtrak's Wilmington Electric Shop. Taken with permission on the property during the farewell to the AEM-7 Excursion.

That new locomotive smell... cab view of a brand new ACS-64.

Behind the engineer seat on CN 2165 looking south on the Memphis Sub toward CN Jct.

A young lass cleans the windshield of this F40PH at Jasper in an era before wearing PPE was common. She is certainly no aged CN machinist...

CSX is testing two EMD demonstrators on Q573/Q574 between Cincinnati and Nashville. They are EMDX #1609 & #1610, There first run was on Q573 on Monday, Today they make there first run north out of... (more)