Located at CSX’s Coal Terminal in Baltimore, these unique GP39 Mother/Slug pairs shuffle coal cars through the unloading barns where the coal is transferred to ship for export. They wear CSX yel... (more)

On a somber winter's day a passenger train with power as yet unrepainted crosses the barren landscape. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Z Chicago-Portland train derailed approximately 15 cars east of Big Lake MN around 0315. Both RJ Corman and Hulcher are on scene working to clear both mains. Amtrak's eastbound and westbound Emp... (more)

"Totaled at Toelles"

On October 19th, 2024, Amtrak Phase III Heritage P42DC 145 sits on the rear of southbound Hartford Line Shuttle Train 417 as crews work to clear a total... (more)

Gloomy skies add a fitting touch to the few remaining work horses of a by-gone era as they await their turn for the scrapper.

201's train pulls through the siding at Canmore.

Overview of Rebuilding. The more than 130 year-old Park Avenue Viaduct around the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125 Street Station in New York, New York, is undergoing a multi-year rebuil... (more)

To go with our first snowfall of the year in SE Wisconsin, here is a shot of CNW 8546 leading a train thru St. Francis, WI on CNW's New Line in December of 1994. A little hoarfrost in the trees ad... (more)

B495 heads into the plant at Carmeuse with a recent SD70MAC rebuild leading and a nice sunset in the background.

"Family Day" at CSX's Tilford Yard in Atlanta, Georgia, resembled a county fair. They had all sorts of carnival-type rides, a petting zoo, food trucks, games, a locomotive simulator, alo... (more)

Mt Baker sits in the background as BNSF 8580 leads a Roberts Bank coal empty south through the Skagit Valley and Conway, WA on March 17th, 2024.

Details are still a little sketchy, but on Monday, 12/23/24, Union Pacific ore train OUTS1 (Iron Springs, UT (near Cedar City) to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor) ran through a red signal at Con... (more)

SUPER PUMPKIN? NS and Relco went to great lengths to make this a non-locomotive. After sitting all day to allow trains to pass this rail train shoved from Abingdon to pick up rail and had a tota... (more)

Earlier this week, Metra debuted F40PH #120 in a brand new paint scheme saluting veterans across the United States Armed Forces. Here, the handsome loco is seen arriving at the Joliet Transportati... (more)

Back in 1978 Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt four GE U25B's with Sulzer prime movers. They gave it a nice flashy daylight type paint scheme never to be repeated. The horsepower was uprated to 2800 and th... (more)