Safety First- While Ed Dickens and his crew tend to their steed, a steel Blue Flag protects the locomotive from movement. A medallion bearing the photo of each crew member with a tag beari... (more)

A crew member admires the Big Boy as it pauses at dawn in Granger, Wyoming.

The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 leads 4-8-4 #844 eastwardly out of Evanston, Wyoming, on the second leg of the return to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Stopped by the rocks
The special passenger train led by Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 made an unexpended stop proceeding down the north siding at Evanston, Wyoming, on May 6, 2019. Near... (more)

A lengthy Canadian Pacific wayfreight from Golden approaches Canal Flats, British Columbia, on the early autumn day of October 4, 2010. GMD SD40-2s Nos. 6019 and 6023 lead SD40-2F No. 9003 as powe... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad electric power in the form of E44 4465 and GG1 4935 face off in Rolling Stock Hall at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

The 4014 and 844 have created their own cloud formations as they exit Weber Canyon on the last lap to Ogden.

The loneliest locomotive in the West... While the Jupiter and 119 steal the show on the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad, the National Park Service's 1948 built 25-Tonner spen... (more)

IAIS “QJ” 2-10-2 steam locomotive 6988 preps for a day of excursions in downtown Chillicothe.

CN SD40u 6006, former CN SD40 5134 upgraded to SD40-2 specifications.

The rail/road vehicle Xm 2/2 # 200 of the AVA (Aargau Verkehr AG) is pulling the brandnew "Saphir" train ABe 4/12 # 72 over the ramp from the lowfloor cars Uaikk down to the 1 meter gaug... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike passenger special downgrade toward Echo Canyon at Castle Rock, Utah, in a cold rain on the morning of May 8, 2019.

Two new EMD GT42ACs on the point and one more helper out of sight midtrain near the rear are on a loaded sulfuric acid train climbing on the 3% grade out of the siding at Sergio Galvan. In the dis... (more)

Rainy Sacramento Saturday- With a light rain falling on the last trip of the day, Granite Rock #10 crosses the Capitol Mall on its way back to the Sacramento Southern depot.