A quartet of EMD SD40E's in helper service move through the yard in Altoona towards their next assignment assisting a train up the grade. To the left of the yard is NS's Juniata Shops, with numero... (more)

Canadian Pacific Railway 7015 is one of 60 SD70ACUs being rebuilt by Progress Rail in Kentucky, using the railroad’s stored SD9043MACs. Ten of the rebuilds will wear the attractive heritage scheme... (more)

DM&IR 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" Locomotive Cab. Of the 3 surviving DM&IR Yellowstones, only one offers the public the chance to actually enter (and admire) the cab. DM&IR #227 is per... (more)

The entire consist of the UP steam special, including 23 passenger coaches, is seen heading up Cajon Pass. The train is traversing the UP Mojave Sub, more commonly known on this stretch as the Pal... (more)

After Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a one-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, and return, for about eighteen months. On Jan... (more)

Mid-train remote control units meet at Lytton, BC as a loaded coal train passes an empty grain train. CP used radio control cars to assist in their system. The left one is made from a CLC C-liner ... (more)

Storage as far as the eye can see. Located by the engine facility at Debutts Yard, several side tracks have been filled with locomotives in storage. Included here are SD70's, C40-9W's, one MP15, a... (more)

UP 4014 prepares to depart home rails and enter BNSF's Transcon at Daggett as the massive 4-8-8-4 proudly returns to Southern California under steam.

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611. The 611 ... (more)

After work yesterday, and before meeting a colleague for dinner, I had a little time to kill, so I took a side trip to BNSF’s yard in Eola, Illinois. I saw what I thought was a pair of leasers wor... (more)

Keepin’ it clean. Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad 6002 (AC4460CW) has not been on the property very long, but all engines need frequent maintenance. On the morning of Friday, October 10, ... (more)

Two of three NJ Transit heritage locomotives pose for photos at the Meadows Maintenance Complex. NJ Transit GP40PH-2 4109 has been restored into its original Central Railroad of New Jersey livery ... (more)

Various first and second generation EMD's await an uncertain fate at Keokuk Junction's shop facility. A new investment group in charge of the railroad has sidelined the famous matching set of A-B-... (more)

"1968 Reunion"

Former Central Railroad of New Jersey GP40Ps 3677 and GP7 1524 rest outside the MMC on October 5, 2019 in Kearny, NJ. The 4109 was recently repainted int... (more)

On a crisp September morning the foothills west of Cheyenne again echo the sounds of a Union Pacific '4000' class Big Boy as it storms up Sherman Hill. In this case it is Union Pacific's recently ... (more)