German / American meeting in Esquel. The two narrow gauge steam locomotives #16 from Baldwin and #114 from Henschel are seen side by side in the Esquel yard.

Wandering the grounds of Metro East Industries, Incorporated, in Alorton, Illinois, is like browsing in a well-stocked hobby shop - Following every turn one discovers locomotives painted for yet a... (more)

CIT Group/Capital Finance, Incorporated MP15DCs 1530 and 1529 sit at the end of a long string of UP diesels buried in the Metro East Industries facility in Alorton, Illinois, on October 4th, 2014.... (more)

Fresh from its rebuild at Juniata Shop in Altoona, PA the big "eyebrowed" SD60E prepares to lead an empty hopper train south to the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania.

With the paint still looking wet, a freshly painted SD40-2 hump engine and a slug motor shove hard on another cut of cars needing some classification. The 2436 looks good in a new coat of paint a... (more)

A Conrail GP30 in fresh blue can-opener y paint shares the roundhouse whiskers with a Penn Central box car and a rebuilt Conrail pup (also with a can opener).

From ACL to SCL to SBD this unit has lately been reduced to yard service but this got it a fresh paint job. You can still smell the Imron.

After years of watching these things on every UP train on Cajon Pass I can hardly believe I am glad to see them getting a new lease on life.

UP GP60 #1028 in fresh paint at Mesa, AZ.

A pair of fresh looking GP40-2's in Casa Grande, AZ.

Here is the latest engine to be repainted into the new Copper Basin scheme.

Respondek Railroad Corporation SD40-2 1000, lettered for "America's Central Port," is the former RRC 2962, the same number it was assigned when it was a Union Pacific unit. And before i... (more)

GMD-built FP9 in Vermont. PAR 1 has just arrived at White River Junction for the Glory Days Festival on a gorgeous Friday afternoon. This FP9A was built by GMD in London, Ontario as CN 6505... (more)

Foster Townsend Rail Logistics GP9 207, working at the Lange-Stegmann Company's grain facility in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 3rd, 2014, wears an attractive scheme. The roof-mounted air tank... (more)

Wearing a paint scheme reminiscent of the old Illinois Terminal Company, Respondek Railroad Corporation SD40-2 2301 is positively glowing in the bright morning light on October 3rd, 2014. The eng... (more)