Northbound empty X03 standing by at ISN yard, with old GE and "new" EMD SD70ACe. This C30-7 its a Ex-BNSF 5097 and TLLX 5097.

I know this paint job was unpopular with a lot of fans, but it was my favorite Amtrak-era GG-1 paint scheme. Only 7 units were painted like this, and it added some color on drab days. Although- ... (more)

Old EMD out of service.

Locomotive reserved for maneuvers of the patio.

A San Luis & Rio Grande SD9043MAC sits in the yard after a Colorado snowstorm, and awaits its next assignment.

Locomotives:
SLRG 115 SD9043MAC

A freshly painted AC4400 leads an autorack train west in Fairport, NY.

Locomotives:
CSX 169 AC44CW
CSX 8526 SD50-3

The small Steam engine #5 used to Commercial on TV.

It was bound to happen. It has been nearly two years since the UP closed their Burnham Yard operations, and vandals have been able to frequent the previously busy rail yard. An icon of the Denve... (more)

BLE 871 and 862 are parked outside their diesel shops at Albion, PA. The BLE chose a unique headlight setup for the short hood, and also had unique sand fillers in the nose.

The nasty March weather is fitting for the condition of Rock Island 265, a GE U28B locomotive. The unit is waiting ist next assignment at the Rock Island engine facility at Inver Grove Heights, MN... (more)

B&O GM50 Newcastle, PA. July 10,1978. Perhaps the most distinctive unit on the Chessie roster was GM50. Delivered as part of the initial order of GP40-2's, it was painted to commemorate GM's 50t... (more)

The Polar Express gets ready!

GTW 4921 works L501