"Engineer for a Day" Tom at the throttle of HLBR Number 2.
This thoroughbred is visiting the Amtrak yard in Philly, helping in work train service. Taken with permission.
An ex-Metroliner cab car is in the shop at Philly, still with a pneumatic brake system. To compare with an overhauled cab car with an electronic brake system, Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: cab carLocation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 9634Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July, 2013
Relaxing in the restored cab of GN 441 - the luxury locomotive lodge at the Izaak Walton Inn, Essex, Montana.
The 402 hasn't seen action in many years now and though it likely wont anytime soon, it's still a full blown F40 with prime mover.
Looking particularly girtty, the driver of Strasburg #90, the last working decapod, waits for 5:00pm to come around to begin his second to last hauld of the day.
Railroad Development Corp. chairman Henry Posner III watches the track ahead as engineer Felipe Mario rolls his westbound freight towards Nampula late on a summer afternoon in Northern Mozambique.... (more)
Nope, it's not who you think it is but Robin, our Engineer for a Day participant today, did bear an uncanny resemblance to Duck Dynasty's Uncle Si!
Looks more like a boat than a locomotive from the inside. Click Here to see an exterior view.
The boiler of 2-10-0 #90 is fired up and ready for it's next haul.
The cab of a former Metroliner cab car, taken with proper credentials.
Union Pacific Centennial within the Union Pacific Steam Shop at Cheyenne.
CP 8557 from an engineers perspective.
With the snow/rain mix under some dark and dreary weather outside, the cab interior of former Erie Mining Company F9(A) 4214 looks a little rough and about the same as the weather outside, the r... (more)
