EMD's latest and greatest demo the SD70ace-T4 at the RSI show in BNSF's northtown yard. Here is a close up of the new nose/cab that EMD designed for the tier 4. The cab is now angled out and has ... (more)

Looking a bit like Humpty Dumpty, Shay #2 is seen here inside the locomotive shop at Cass, West Virginia, awaiting the completion of its rebuild.

CSX 9012 pauses under one of Worcester's new Mijack container cranes, as the yard conductor pulls up in his F250.

To the untrained eye, this may look like a disaster. A moving locomotive with no occupant, but to those of us who know, it's a rather cool operation to see. A man standing on the ground hundreds o... (more)

The fate of Amtrak P42DC #102 has apparently been decided following the Monday derailment of the Amtrak Vermonter train. According to reports from the scene, the locomotive is to be scrapped on s... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 struck a rock slide this morning shortly after 10 am south of Northfield, Vermont, and derailed. The locomotive and head car left the rails and traveled in... (more)

EMD's latest and greatest demo the SD70ace-T4 at the RSI show in BNSF's northtown yard. Taken before the crowds came storming in.

Two 150-ton overhead cranes work together at the former Rock Island shop to load a former Santa Fe GP7 wearing Rock Island paint onto a BNSF flatcar. The re-incarnated Rock Island 1275 is going t... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD45-2 number 1700 poses outside the paint shop at DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wearing its new, "old" paint scheme. The first of a thirteen unit order, 1700... (more)

CN ET44AC 3026 shoves train Q111 onto the north track of the Edson Sub at Park Gate. While I would've much preferred the unit to be facing the other way round, this view gives a good perspective o... (more)

During the 92 Day Inspection, one of ACWR's Locomotive Specialists, Rob Dickson (AKA Mr. April), inspects the batteries for proper fluid levels.

During the 92 Day Inspection, leaking from the crank case cover was found. One of ACWR's Locomotive Specialists, Rob Dickson (AKA Mr. April), preps the cover for a new gasket.

In the boiler shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, is a welder (boilermaker by trade) carefully repairing a snow plow on May 19, 2015.

Heavy equipment is now on the scene and the clean up has begun. Three brand-new 737s lie partially submerged in the Clark Fork River. The spectacular derailment made national news...it was quite ... (more)

The rear end of five GP33ECO locomotives are seen together at Inman Yard's diesel shop ready tracks in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information about Norfolk Southern, vis... (more)