NS 9847 & 9467 on their way to Altoona Pa for repairs.

A northbound NS stack train has added some accessories as it heads for Chattanooga. Yes I was shocked to see this as it came out from a tree tunnel where one had fallen on it a few hundred feet be... (more)

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .

The Santa Fe Super Chief is seen at Albuquerque New Mexico in 1943. Note the wartime headlight visor on the EMC E6. Jack Delano photo, from the Library of Congress collection and my collection.

Amtrak heater car HC 12 is seen at the BN diesel facilities at Minneapolis Jct. (Harrison St.) In the early years of Amtrak BN handled servicing here for them. This heater car was originally modif... (more)

CNW 4540 is in Oelwein Shops in the process of getting a chopped nose, new plow, major mechanical overhaul and a new paint job. C&NW had an aggressive program of revitalizing its large stable of G... (more)

BN 6603, former GN 430, operates Great Northern longhood first, handling train 3, once known as the "Pacific Zip" through Rock Island, WA on the last lap into Wenatchee where it will rec... (more)

Bullet nose beauties face off at Amtrak's Holgate St. coach yard in Seattle, WA. To the left Budd domed observation 9310 was once owned by Wabash and later Norfolk & Western. To the right, 9301, T... (more)

Not all DL&W switcher motive power was in the 600 to 1200hp range. In the fall of 1948, three 380hp 44-tonners were assembled at GE's Erie plant, for light duty switching operations on the Lack... (more)

A diminutive Wisconsin Central shop switcher waits for the next move, which is likely moving WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, after it is thoroughly sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WCâ... (more)

I found this former C&O passenger car, that had been converted for Maintenance of Way use, rusting away in the weeds at the east end of Hinton Yard.

Paint Job. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Type K LRV no. 9058 (Kawasaki, 1981-1982) is seen at the authority's Woodland Maintenance Facility undergoing some ... (more)

Modern Museum Piece. CSX Transportation SD45-2 no. 8954 (née Seaboard Coast Line 2049) is seen on display at the Southeastern Railway Museum. Despite its fresh paint and livery of an e... (more)

More than 170 years after construction began on this facility the original purpose of repairing and maintaining the railroad's massive fleet of locomotives continues. Strategically nestled at the ... (more)