Train Time at Brockville

Brockville, Ontario had a special appeal for observing VIA Rail operations in eastern Canada. Besides being one of the closest points on the VIA system to ... (more)

A modified E60 powers a train of coal loads towards the power plant on the remote Navajo Mine Railroad.

Something is not quite right with the 6936.

The "Satellite unit," or modified NPCU #90225 for the Good Morning America live broadcast train that ran for a week in 2008 sits outside of shops in Rensselaer. This unit was later put ... (more)

Railcar build in 1934, reconstructed in 1965 for tunnel monitoring and used between 1965 and 1993. Today exhibit of the DGEG railway museum, Bochum-Dahlhausen.

Rebuilt by Relco in Albia, IA in July of 2013, BNSF 972554, a "RSP38-2" basks in the Winter morning sun in Glendive, Mont. Upon further examination of the rotary, the lead truck is power... (more)

Some leftover parts of what used to be the once mighty Erie Mining Co. and later LTV Steel sit dead and drained. The 4214 and 4210 have been moved and will live on at the Vermillion Valley RR and... (more)

A ADM GP9 sits in Clinton at the large plant along the UP mainline.

Norfolk Southern GP33ECO number 4700 poses outside the paint shop at Altoona's Juniata Shop for a portrait on a cold snowy evening. 4700 will be assigned to the Chicago area. Photo by Casey Thom... (more)

The first emissions-friendly locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program have been released for road testing by Norfolk Southern from its Jun... (more)

One of the once mighty Erie Mining/ LTV Steel EMD built F9(A) units, EMCO 4214 sits in the weeds in a small three track yard on Cliffs Erie property waiting to be moved off property due to being s... (more)

GMD F7A(u) #9150-9179 units were modified for snow plow service, the metal covers were to keep the snow from getting into the radiator fans and engine compartment while plowing.

It appears that Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis is experimenting with a new truck arrangement on their SD40-2s! (Or is it an N-scale body shell on HO trucks?) TRRA SD40-2 3004 sits ... (more)

Details of the cabin of the locomotive Dash9, one of the first locomotives of this model that arrived to VLI.