Union Pacific GP35 762 is an interesting locomotive. Recently repainted in North Platte NE (on September 18, 1974), this locomotive was not purchased new from builder EMD. Built as EMD Demonstra... (more)

Sacrificed for structural testing, derelict VIA Rail equipment sits at CAD. At left is more ex-VIA Rail equipment - a testbed built on an LRC-3 frame.

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is seen helping EMD E6 number 15 with a ten car Super Chief near Morley Colorado in 1942. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The times they are a'changin'....after watching & waiting since 2007, ACWR is full steam ahead with their cab units.

Locomotives really are washed once in a while
A Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC gets a thorough cleaning before heading into the main shop for an overhaul on Track 2 at the east side buildi... (more)

A quartet of grimy Southern Pacific SDs roll through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

CPKC Railway train 113, an intermodal train heading from Hochelaga, Québec, to Coquitlam, British Columbia, is westbound on CPKC’s Laggan Subdivision, paralleling the Bow River. Canadian Pacif... (more)

SP 9 waits at the Owenyo trainorder office for its last orders. It had been filling in while diesel SP 1 was in the Bakersfield shops, but the diesel is back from the shops and soon will take ove... (more)

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1201 leads 80 cars westward through Roanoke Virginia in 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Salt Lake Cities North Yards dead line has shuffled around a bit since I last photographed it. It doesn't extend as far north as it once did. It is at least three deep though in places. The dead ... (more)

CSXT 8066 leads M434 into Selkirk yard.

UP Grain train, Westbound just before sunset, a lightning show was going on in the storm moving East in the background

Factory Fresh!

As the sun appears over the San Bernardino Mountains, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train Q-NYLA (Quality Network [TOFC/COFC]; East Coast [CR Connection in Ch... (more)

The Oneida & Western "Green Train" passes through Atlanta with four matching SD40-2's built to L&N specs. Photo by Richard Thomason.

One Month: Just one month after being released from the Wabtec facility in Erie, PA, this AC44C6M was involved in a derailment as the trailing locomotive on NS 96Z in Madison, MO after the train w... (more)