For the first time in what feels like several months, it was warm enough in Central Maine to stand outside for more than a few minutes while waiting for a train. In filtered sun, Pan Am Railway's... (more)

Freshly pained GP30 2467 waits as the day's Tuck Train passenger disperse around town for the layover. Link to old paint scheme: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/502483/

Modelers take note:

This freshly-painted Union Pacific GP38-2 is so clean that, at first glance, it appears to be an unweathered model. But even a clean unit has a little dirt, as e... (more)

Still Preferable to a Wide-Nose (IMHO)

The headlights belie the heritage of Union Pacific 581, seen in Colton, California, on July 12, 2003. This GP38-2 was built by EMD in May 1980... (more)

A Faux SD38-2

Working the hump at Union Pacific's JR Davis Yard in Roseville, California, is "SD38-2" 2841, named for Vencil Brown. This repowered SD40-2 began life in Apr... (more)

Genesee & Wyoming has begun the assimilation process with the Providence & Worcester Railroad through the planned painting of at least a dozen locomotives. Interesting to note, GWRR has applied n... (more)

Genesee & Wyoming has begun the assimilation process with the Providence & Worcester Railroad through the planned painting of at least a dozen locomotives. Interesting to note, GWRR has applied n... (more)

Genesee & Wyoming has begun the assimilation process with the Providence & Worcester Railroad through the planned painting of at least a dozen locomotives. Interesting to note, GWRR has applied n... (more)

Prior for departure for the Lake Shore Railroad Museum, freshly repainted C&O B30-7 8272 sits outside the CSX Huntington Locomotive Shops on a cool March evening.

Laurinburg & Southern (LRS) MP15 2433 sits outside the LRS shop in Laurinburg, NC sporting its fresh coat of paint. The 2433 along with two other MP15s were purchased from NS in late 2016 and are ... (more)

A pair of engines in fresh SPSF paint, the 5346 and F45 # 5975 along with SD45 #5322 in traditional blue and yellow head Eastbound early in the morning.

Freshly rebuilt and painted E9A idles at the BN yards near Union station

Not far from its original owner's rails, this former EJ&E SD9 hsa been acquired by Montana Rail Link and is showing off the paint of its new owner. Tom Golden photo.

UP 6787, 4056, & 3978 have reached the end of the Marysville sub with a westbound manifest and will continue west on the Kearney sub.

Westbound 817 passes through the still standing CPL mast at Stones Mill, at the East End of the Wytheville siding on the Pulaski District between Roanoke and Bristol.