A Wide Variety at Westchester Yard. The NYC Subway is unusual among rapid transit systems in that it has a dedicated fleet of railbound maintenance equipment used by in-house forces to ... (more)

Two ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s help an intermodal train up the grade nearing the famous Horseshoe curve. It was a fine autumn day and the fall colors were great. April 1st is Conrail's 48th birthd... (more)

A loaded Utah coal train, after topping Soldier Summit, is heading downgrade towards Provo. The late afternoon light highlights the magnificent scenery and colorful consist, which includes both t... (more)

Originally C&O, on the front of a NB coal train back when almost any kind of unit could be found in that role. And back when you could actually find a train here. The Eastern Kentucky air condit... (more)

Nee C & O rebuilt and derated to 2000 HP.

The hogger yanked the throttle to give the photographer that nice ALCO smoke show. This is an ex CP C424 and it's gives the best smoke shows in Apache's fleet.

Metra 501 , Westbound at CP Morgan in downtown Chicago Illinois. This leader is one of the new SD70MACH units that METRA purchased recently.

Retired Power Pack. LI 3100 (né-WM 304, FA-2, 1/1951) had already been retired, but after conversion served as a cabless HEP generator/power pack. During an Electric Railroaders Associatio... (more)

Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

The did exist in CSX if only for the life of a fruit fly. L&N was the original buyer. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

When Rice Yard was built SCL, by then under the Family Lines umbrella, decided to crank out special yard units rebuilt from SD35s & SDP35s.. The downgrade even involved replacing the prime mover ... (more)

The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

A pair of Super 7's lead the Ohio Central's ZVL-1 local as it emerges out of the Cambridge Tunnel and crosses over Wills Creek as it arrives in Cambridge, Ohio. The crew would switch out cars in t... (more)

These two ALCOs have been returned from the East Stroudsburg area. Spending the past year (?) marooned due to a massive washout of the main. Repairs completed and RS-32 and RS-11 came up on yester... (more)