The heritage locomotive gathering at Spencer, NC was an impressive sight to behold. Everyone has their favorites, and it was only natural that the N&W and Southern units would get the prime posit... (more)

After setting off a bunch of stacks, the 233 works on shoving some empty cars onto one of Rickenbacker Yards storage tracks, and soon will be pulling out with the stacks to the right.

ACE Face, three of the best looking SD70ACE's ever to be produced.

All 20 heritage units are gathered around the turntable at the Spencer Roundhouse, with 1030 holding down the table. For more information, visit more)

Once the Pride of the BN executive fleet BN 1, 2, and 3 all now reside at IRM living out their days on display with occasionally being fired up for special events, this is the first night shot i c... (more)

Engine Crowd at Bakersfield

Five brand-new Chicago and North Western GE Dash-9s line up with coal trains bound for loading in Powder River Basin. Downtown Bill, Wyoming.

NS 8098 makes it's first revenue run since being built in Erie. Here the 578 with 3 brand new Gevos and 2 ratty SD70ace's trailing behind the beautiful Heritage unit lean into the S-Curve just eas... (more)

While I have always been intrigued by EMD's double diesels, nothing could prepare me for this spectacular sight at Salt Lake City in 1977. By the late 1970s, the Union Pacific had assigned the maj... (more)

A string of nearly 20 SD40-2's eligible for the SD50-3 and now SD40-3 program set in storage along the Huntington lead of the CSX Huntington Locomotive Shops. By July of 2010, there would be nearl... (more)

Here's a somber moment in time for fans of the Southern Pacific and the Utah Railway Company . . . 11 EMD SD45s and 4 EMD F45s are being scrapped at the Utah Railway yard in Martin. Between 1985-1... (more)

One of the things that made the Union Pacific interesting in the 1960s and 70s was the diversity of locomotive types. At one time, UP management encouraged experimentation in new locomotive techno... (more)

Four brand new consecutively numbered Alaska Railroad GP49's (2801-2802-2803-2804) along with a BN business car & caboose are being hostled from Interbay to South Seattle on the Burlington Norther... (more)

"Field of Trains" - always thought I'd write a "Field of Trains movie one day, but I think that may be a pipe dream. Still, that's exactly what this soon to be removed image is of, those are all f... (more)

After shoving CSX 281 into the wheel shop, one of Selkirk's Gensets poses. It is a heckuva lot easier to railfan this location now that Ben's Bridge is closed to vehicular traffic. I do not know... (more)