Today, the newly painted and renovated Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11411 "ZUG" was presented officially in Erstfeld. It was built in 1956 by SLM, MFO and BBC and was in use for the SBB until 2009... (more)

That was precisely the moment today at 02.07 PM, when the wonderful newly painted and decorated with renewed chrome trim Ae 6/6 # 11411 with name and blazon of canton "ZUG" left the shed building ... (more)

One of two remaining GP60s painted in Rio Grande paint, GP60 #1900 serves the Mount Pleasant to Texarkana local in far northeast Texas. Built for a May 1990 order for the Cotton Belt, D&RGW reciev... (more)

Well hidden near a grain elevator at Galt, Illinois, are the remains of Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 8305, which last saw service as Northwestern Steel & Wire 05 in nearby Sterling. Her future is un... (more)

An Azcon self-propelled crane moves a loaded gondola into position to be picked up. The crane's "junk yard dog" condition looks fitting considering the environment it works in.

As a Harbor SW9 brings a string of coil cars south toward the junction east of the Gibson Yard roundhouse, a CMNW coal train transitions from the east-west IHB main to the north-south Conrail Kank... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, passes through West Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of March 25, 2014. Carrying the markers is private car Sierra Hotel, a former Budd-built Dormit... (more)

Reading Railroad Alco FA-1 #303A and RS-3 #519 doing pusher service on an eastbound iron ore train. As was the practice with most of the first-generation road diesels, Reading's FA's became candi... (more)

The Pine infested foothills of Central Georgia serve as a perfect setting to capture CSX B30-7 5560 leading Q549 on a clear summer day. After making a pickup and set off in Manchester, Q549 is now... (more)

By the 1980s, GARR's six-day-a-week freights between Macon and the mainline at Camak generally were just a few cars long. On this day, #30 will clear the bridge before the exhaust from the GP40 up... (more)

The Norwood hostler puts away #2's power and readies local power for the day's work in Green Bay.

Four steam locomotives gather at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 14, 1990. Cotton Belt No. 819, Norfolk and Western No. 1218, Union Pacific No. 844 and Frisco No. 1522 simmer the night away under the... (more)

We loved the variety when BN assigned a number of freshly painted former Frisco GP35s to Superior. They were easy to spot with top-mounted air tanks that allowed for larger fuel tanks. Unfortunate... (more)

The Jacks Were Back when the grips of the early 1980's recession finally lifted and western railroads found themselves short on power. The issue was magnified when steamship lines started shippin... (more)