At the SKOL yard, a grizzled old veteran idles, awaiting a little part-time work, basking in probably the best sun I have ever seen. This area is becoming a desert, but we’ll ignore that fact.

GECX ES44AC 2034 idles on CN's shop track in Jasper.

Ex-GE B23-7 to Santa Fe (ATSF) cab #6409 in 1985 (serial no. 44085). Now is owned/operated by Geoterra Empreendimentos e Transportes Ltda (Minas Gerais, Brazil) cab #1008 under nickname DURVALINA... (more)

CNW 1057 awaits its next assignment at the Butler (Milwaukee), WI engine house in April of 1972. These FM units were built nearby in Beloit, WI an were known for being able to pull the entire yard... (more)

Electro-Motive Division SD90MAC-H locomotives, along with EMD’s test car, head through Rocky, Colorado, for some testing at Plainview on February 2, 1998. Leading the way on the west end is EMD ... (more)

A former CN loco has been restored and saved from the scrap yard by a local business. Only thing its needs now is some freight cars to stretch its legs out with on some lonely unused rails. I coul... (more)

GMD/AMF SD40u 6005 nee CN SD40 5159 remanufactured 1-4/1993 at AMF in Montreal, Quebec.

One of the more uniquely painted BNSF power units was BNSF 2043 (GP38-2). This engine started life in 1971 as a GP38 for the Penn Central Railroad, then worked for Conrail and then GATX before be... (more)

Ex-Burlington Northern Santa Fe 8214, now Progress Rail PRLX 214, sits on the shop track waiting to be assigned to a train.

On May 14, Lake State Railway and officials from various state agencies, along with Michigan's senators, assembled in Saginaw, Michigan, for the awarding of the Short Line of the Year by Railway A... (more)

Originally built as EMD demonstrators 434A-434H; purchased by UP 4/66. 3040-3045 are built on SD35 frames, shorter than the SD40 frame, and consequently came with flared radiator panels much like... (more)

CSX 8782 and CSX 7866 sit on the spur track off of the CSX Taft yard. Don't know how much longer these SD60Ms will remain on the CSX roster.

Four of a kind. CSX 5555 sits in the Taft Yard on a cool January morning.

In 2018, the Blonay-Chamby Railroad/Museum is celebrating 50 years of operation. On this day, for photographers and filmers there was organized a "Mega Steam Festival" with 10 one meter gauge stea... (more)