BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)
BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)
There Goes The Last DJ... The last hurrah for coal burning on the Durango and Silverton as K-36, #481 takes charge of the 2024 Winter Photographer's Train for what will be the ... (more)
After a full day of photo opps in the beautiful Animas Canyon, 481 offers up a gorgeous rainbow blowdown as a grand finale for the Durango & Silverton's winter photo special (481's last as a coal ... (more)
"Banana Under Fulton Ave"
On January 30th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad's "AMMO" crew, with BL14CG 401, operates looking out while towing a disabled "maxi-bomb" consist under the soon-t... (more)
One of the last patched SP AC4400's leads an eastbound ZLAMQ as it nears the top of the climb up Beaumont Hill.
Pickens Railroad crosses over Hwy. 29 in Anderson, SC during the resulting rain from Hurricane Francis in Sept. 2004. PICK 9508 is a General Electric U18B built for the Seaboard Coast... (more)
NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .
Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1114 sits on display in downtown Hamlet next to the Seaboard era depot.
With fluffy white clouds slowly drifting through the sky above and casting big shadows across the green landscape, the DPU of a south bound UP intermodal slowly pushes up through the Caliente cany... (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.
The Big Boy has departed its display location in downtown St. Louis and is headed west for its next stops in Pacific, MO and Jefferson City, MO.
A colorful group of Union Pacific SD70ACe locomotives was found in the railroad's Dolores Yard on this October day: UP 1996 (their Southern Pacific Heritage unit, and the former UP 8523), UP 1988... (more)
I025 crosses the Satilla River as they approach Waycross on their southbound run from Chicago to Jacksonville.