Northwestern Steel and Wire #74 was built at Grand Trunk Western 8374 in 1929, was sold to NWS&L in 1960, and is seen here working the mill in 1978. Steam operations ended in December 1980 and the... (more)

East Penn Railroad General Manager Don Craumer and Conductor Rob Bishop pilot #52 along the Octoraro Branch on their way to dump stone just outside Oxford

An East Penn crew is busy loading their side dump car with material to be dumped a few miles down the line

Pretty windy today so the snow plow drifts were primed for busting on the Rouses Point Subdivision. Originating at St Albans Vermont, Canadian National 323 is heading north toward Montreal.

RISING FROM THE DEAD! ...I wish. This oddball factory rebuilt former New York Central 16-10 Slumbercoach was Amtrak's Vermillion Harbor that derailed in 1994 as part of the Lake Shore Limit... (more)

The fireman checks the fire on 1911 built "Mikado" #4501 as the train pulls out of Grand Junction in Chattanooga, TN during the March 2018 Lerro Productions photo charter,

Two freshly-rebuilt and repainted Chicago & North Western covered hoppers (Nos. 490213 and 490878) sit just outside the Union Pacific’s De Soto Car Shop in Missouri on the afternoon of September... (more)

A worker in the Union Pacific car shop at De Soto, Missouri applies Union Pacific logos and “Building America” slogans to the side of Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490093 on Septe... (more)

Undecorated (almost)
A Chicago & North Western covered hopper gets a fresh coat of gray in the paint shop at Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, on September 28, 2011. Most... (more)

Copper Basin Railway locomotive mechanic Owen Boehm inspects the trucks of CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 in the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kennecott Copper locomotive is hav... (more)

A new prime mover is being prepared for installation in Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6704 during an overhaul at UP’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility on September 14, 2017. The old prime mover... (more)

The old prime mover and generator are carefully lifted out of Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6704 at the railroad’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility on September 14, 2017. During this overhaul, ... (more)

Duct Tape Can't Fix Everything...

...despite popular belief. Though the talented shop force at Juniata probably can fix anything. NS 4001, the AC44C6M that was involved in the 59... (more)

Stranded and abandoned for approximately a year due to a derailment which led to an embargo of the Stanbridge Subdivision in 2013, MMA 8583 (nee LMX 8583) has recently been cut up for scrap at ... (more)

Snow Squall Shifting

Norfolk Southern keeps a couple of ex-Reading SW1001s on the roster, at least two of which hang around Altoona for use as the shop goat. Here we find the regul... (more)